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COURT DECRIES EMPLOYEE VICTIMISATION

COURT DECRIES EMPLOYEE VICTIMISATION

by Ivan Israelstam | Jun 1, 2021 | Corporate, EMPLOYEE VICTIMISATION, Employees, Labour Court, Labour Law, Labour Law for Employers

It is disquieting how often Court judges and arbitrators disagree with each other about the meaning of legal terms and how they should be applied.  In view of these legal uncertainties, employers, employees, and trade unions struggle to understand and are unable to...
INTERCEPTING EMPLOYEE EMAILS IS DANGEROUS

INTERCEPTING EMPLOYEE EMAILS IS DANGEROUS

by Ivan Israelstam | May 25, 2021 | Corporate, EMPLOYEE EMAILS, Employees, Labour Court, Labour Law, Labour Law for Employers

The Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of Communication-related Information Act, number 70 of 2002 (RICA) came into effect at the end of September 2005. This act places very tight restrictions on employers wishing to monitor telephonic, e-mail...

INVESTIGATING MISCONDUCT REQUIRES SKILL

by Ivan Israelstam | May 21, 2021 | Corporate, Employees, INVESTIGATING MISCONDUCT, Labour Law, Labour Law for Employers, Unfair Dismissals

Two common mistakes that employers make on receiving misconduct allegations against employees are: Firstly, they ignore the reports because acting on them is ‘too much trouble’, or because they fear infringing the myriad of legal rights that employees enjoy. This...
POOR CONDUCT CAN MEAN POOR MANAGEMENT

POOR CONDUCT CAN MEAN POOR MANAGEMENT

by Ivan Israelstam | Nov 8, 2019 | CCMA, Employees, Labour Law, Labour Law for Employers, Labour Relations Act, Retrenchments

Occasionally employees misbehave or misperform because they do not want to work and prefer to get fired. However, in my experience, this is more the exception than the rule. More often, consistent poor conduct or poor performance reflects management that is either...

MAKE SURE YOUR EVIDENCE IS RELEVANT

by Ivan Israelstam | Jun 6, 2017 | CCMA, Employees, Labour Law, Labour Law Debate with Ivan Israelstam, Unfair Dismissals

Proof is evidence soundly supported by other relevant evidence. Regardless of the seriousness of an employee’s misconduct his/her dismissal will be found to be unfair if the employer is unable to provide at arbitration sound and relevant evidence that the employee was...
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