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 | Aug 30, 2016 | Employees, Labour Law, Labour Law Debate with Ivan Israelstam, Labour Law for Employers
The Code of Good Practice: Dismissal provides that, where employers are considering dismissing an employee they should be able to justify this drastic sanction by proving that the employee’s misconduct is so serious that it makes continued employment intolerable. One...
by Ivan Israelstam | Aug 28, 2016 | Labour Law, Labour Law for Employers
Sex related acts not always sexual harassment In the case of Maepe vs Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration & another (CLL Vol. 17 June 2008) a senior commissioner at the CCMA was brought to a disciplinary hearing on charges of sexual harassment...
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...
by Ivan Israelstam | Jul 24, 2016 | CCMA, Employees, Labour Law, Labour Law for Employers
The cold wind of strike season is with us again and is causing more chills than the winter weather. The loss of production and of customers is usually the first consequence of a strike. However, indirect strike costs incurred later can be just as serious. In the case...
