by Ivan Israelstam | Dec 6, 2016 | CCMA, Labour Law, Retrenchments
When an employer contemplates retrenching employees it must have a good reason for going through with such an idea. Reasons for retrenchment that are not acceptable include the employer’s personal dislike of the employee, a desire to replace the employee with a family...
by Ivan Israelstam | Oct 22, 2016 | CCMA, Employees, Labour Law
In common law employers and employees have the obligation to treat each other fairly and within the law. For its part, the employer is required to pay the employee the agreed remuneration by the normal pay date. The employer is also required to employ the employee in...
by Ivan Israelstam | Oct 22, 2016 | CCMA, Labour Law, Labour Law for Employers
Double Jeopardy occurs where an employee is punished twice for the same incident of misconduct or poor performance. Normally, such discipline would be found to be unfair. However, one view is that a second disciplinary process might be justified if the employer is...
by Ivan Israelstam | Oct 22, 2016 | CCMA, Labour Law, Labour Law Debate with Ivan Israelstam, Labour Law for Employers
At a hearing arranged to discipline an employee both parties are entitled bring witnesses. These witnesses may come from inside or outside the workplace. The accused employee has the right to cross-examine the witnesses brought by the employer. The employer is not...
by Ivan Israelstam | Oct 8, 2016 | CCMA, Corporate, Labour Law for Employers
It may well continue without you. Where the employer fails to attend an arbitration hearing the arbitrator is entitled to continue without the employer unless the arbitrator is aware of an acceptable reason for the employer’s absence. As it is difficult, in the...
by Ivan Israelstam | Jul 27, 2016 | CCMA, Labour Law, Labour Law for Employers, Unfair Dismissals
Confusion abounds as regards whether employers are required to accept medical certificates from traditional healers. The causes of this confusion are as follows: Firstly, the Traditional Health Practitioners Act No. 22 of 2007 was signed into law in 2008 Secondly, the...
