by Ivan Israelstam | Mar 14, 2016 | CCMA, Corporate, Employees, Labour Law, Labour Law for Employers, Retrenchments
The Labour Relations Act of 1995 (LRA) makes it very easy for employees to challenge alleged unfair dismissals and other unfair practices at private or statutory dispute resolution forums. Such disputes may, by agreement, be dealt with via private (non-statutory)...
by Ivan Israelstam | Feb 22, 2016 | CCMA, Employees, Labour Law, Labour Law for Employers, Retrenchments, Unfair Dismissals
The legal procedures that an employer is required to follow in implementing dismissals for misconduct, retrenchments and poor work performance are all different. For instance, it is not normally acceptable to use the procedure laid down for retrenchments in order to...
by Ivan Israelstam | Feb 15, 2016 | CCMA, Employees, Labour Law, Labour Law for Employers
Section 158 of the Labour Relations Act (LRA) gives the Labour Court the power to issue interdicts preventing employers, employees or trade unions from proceeding with threatened or current actions. A distinction should be drawn between an interdict and a writ....
by Ivan Israelstam | Dec 7, 2015 | CCMA, Employees, Labour Law, Labour Law for Employers, Retrenchments, Unfair Dismissals
Employers frequently suspect that serious misconduct has occurred but are unable to prove which employee or employees are responsible. Some case law has given the impression that, in such circumstances, group dismissals may be justified. This impression has been given...
by Ivan Israelstam | Nov 30, 2015 | CCMA, Corporate, Employees, Job Grading, Labour Law, Labour Law for Employers
Angry employers too often fire employees on the spot for having broken workplace rules, or for doing poor work. This is understandable in circumstances where the employee has seriously messed up a business deal, damaged equipment, lost crucial information, committed a...
by Ivan Israelstam | Oct 19, 2015 | CCMA, Labour Law, Labour Law for Employers, Retrenchments, Training
Early last year I informed readers of the CCMA’s decision to draft a set of guidelines on Misconduct Arbitrations in terms of the provisions of the Labour Relations Act (LRA). These guidelines were implemented in January 2012. The stated purpose of these guidelines is...
