by Ivan Israelstam | Dec 3, 2014 | CCMA, Labour Law, Retrenchments
While all retrenchments are painful and often devastating for employees it is normal for employers to retrench employees after serious losses have been incurred because the employer cannot afford to pay their salaries. It can also happen that those executives...
by Ivan Israelstam | Nov 24, 2014 | CCMA, Retrenchments, Unfair Dismissals
The most common criterion used when deciding who to retrench is last-in-first-out. Employers are allowed by law to use the retention of necessary skills as a criterion. However, proving that the application of this criterion was fair is very complex. This has caused...
by Ivan Israelstam | Nov 18, 2014 | CCMA, Labour Law, Labour Law for Employers, Unfair Dismissals
It is a common erroneous belief amongst employers that they protect themselves by employing staff without a letter or contract. In fact, the converse is true. The law does not make signed employment contracts compulsory but the Basic Conditions of Employment Act...
by Ivan Israelstam | Nov 3, 2014 | CCMA, Labour Law, Labour Law for Employers
Section 6(1) of the Employment Equity Act (EEA) prohibits employers from unfairly discriminating, directly or indirectly, against an employee on numerous grounds including gender and sex. BY lvan lsraelstam, Chief Executive of Labour Law Management Consulting. He...
