by Ivan Israelstam | Jan 23, 2023 | Employees, Employment Equity Act, Labour Brokers, Labour Court, Labour Law, Labour Law Debate with Ivan Israelstam, Uncategorised
BY Ivan Israelstam, Chief Executive of Labour Law Management Consulting. He may be contacted on (011) 888-7944 or 0828522973 or on e-mail address: ivan@labourlawadvice.co.za. Go to: www.labourlawadvice.co.za. South Africa’s government is seriously considering...
by Ivan Israelstam | Dec 21, 2022 | Employees, Employment Equity Act, Labour Brokers, Labour Court, Labour Law, Labour Law Debate with Ivan Israelstam, Uncategorised
BY Ivan Israelstam, Chief Executive of Labour Law Management Consulting. He may be contacted at (011) 888-7944 or 0828522973 or on e-mail address: ivan@labourlawadvice.co.za. Go to: www.labourlawadvice.co.za Early last year I informed readers of the CCMA’s decision...
by Ivan Israelstam | Dec 9, 2022 | Employees, Employment Equity Act, Labour Brokers, Labour Court, Labour Law, Labour Law Debate with Ivan Israelstam, Uncategorised
Since 1995 South African people in leadership positions have talked at NEDLAC about the need for drastic steps toward our economic development. Nearly three decades later, South Africa is so underdeveloped that we have frequent water outages, blackouts for many hours...
by Ivan Israelstam | Nov 26, 2022 | ARBITRATION, CCMA, Contracts, Corporate, CROSS-EXAMINATION, Disciplinary Codes, Disciplinary Hearing, Dismissal, Employees, EMPLOYERS, HR POLICIES, Labour Court, Labour Law, Labour Law for Employers, Labour Relations Act, Retrenchments
South Africa’s labour legislation changes periodically and case law decisions of ten have the effect of changing the law. As management at all levels makes daily decisions affecting the myriad of employee rights, all managers need to be able to take the complex,...
by Ivan Israelstam | Nov 18, 2022 | ARBITRATION, CCMA, Contracts, Corporate, CROSS-EXAMINATION, Disciplinary Codes, Disciplinary Hearing, Dismissal, Employees, EMPLOYERS, HR POLICIES, Labour Court, Labour Law, Labour Law for Employers, Labour Relations Act, Retrenchments
Some time ago I was asked by an employer to assist with preparing for a Labour Court review case. The employer had dismissed the employee for theft, but the CCMA had forced the employer to reinstate him. I was puzzled by the CCMA’s decision because, on discussing the...
by Ivan Israelstam | Oct 24, 2022 | ARBITRATION, CCMA, Corporate, Disciplinary Codes, Disciplinary Hearing, Dismissal, Employees, EMPLOYERS, HR POLICIES, Labour Court, Labour Law, Labour Law for Employers, Labour Relations Act, Retrenchments
Many employers like using Dereliction of Duty as a disciplinary charge when they want to inflict strong punishment on employees because: the phrase ‘dereliction of duty has a serious and damaging ring to it; and the penalty for a first offense of gross dereliction of...
