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Small employers fall prey to LRA provisions
By: Creamer Media Reporter 29th August 2011 Many well established employers, especially the larger ones are starting to develop an understanding of labour legislation and are trying to comply... →
Forced changes to employment conditions
By: Creamer Media Reporter 22nd August 2011 Operational circumstances often create the need for employers to change the employment conditions of employees. Such circumstances could include: →
Controlling shop stewards is tough
By: Creamer Media Reporter 4th August 2011 There are numerous circumstances where a shop steward’s activities have drawn a retail manager into assaulting, threatening or otherwise... →
Disciplinary Hearings: When should external counsel be permitted?
By: Creamer Media Reporter 3rd August 2011 Item 4 of the Code of Good Practice: Dismissal (The Code) contained in Schedule 8 of the Labour Relations Act (LRA) states that, when an enquiry is... →
When does a job applicant become an employee?
By: Creamer Media Reporter 13th July 2011 Case law makes it very dangerous for an employer to sign employment contracts before it is certain that there is definitely a job for the applicant... →
You are guilty until you prove yourself innocent – Employers must tell employees the rules 
By: Creamer Media Reporter 29th June 2011 Many employers have still not come to terms with the fact that they cannot just fire their employees without good cause. Section 188(1)(a) of the... →
Beware interference with employee benefits
By: Creamer Media Reporter 21st June 2011 As I have mentioned previously, employers are not taken to the CCMA only for reasons of unfair dismissal. Employees may take employers to the CCMA... →
Private dispute resolution a good option
27th May 2011 It is important for the labour dispute resolution process to be kept as short as possible. However, at the same time the outcome must be fair. The... →
