The Labour Relations Act (LRA) makes it obligatory for employers that are contemplating retrenchments to first consult about this...

The purpose of a disciplinary hearing is to give the parties the opportunity to present all their evidence. The chairperson of the...

The Labour Relations Act provides for fixed-term employees to have a reasonable expectation of renewal of their contracts at the expiry....

Determination of earnings loss for self-employed individuals in SA's informal sector and the importance of collateral information.

The adage that justice delayed is justice denied applies to labour law in the sense that employers that act too slowly can be found to be...

It is a major challenge for employers to distinguish between employees who are genuinely sick from those who are malingering...

Important labour legislation applies to circumstances where a business or part thereof is transferred by one employer to another as...

The Cape Town taxi strike created severe harm to employers, employees and the taxi industry alike...

If an employer fails to attend an arbitration hearing the CCMA has the power to issue a default award in favour of the employee...

I too frequently receive frantic requests from employers to help them get rid of an employee at all costs. In the midst of their panic...

It is well known that South Africa’s Constitution, the Equality act and the Employment Equity Act all render racism unlawful...

It is common for employers to try to avoid employing employees directly and often prefer to use alternative and temporary resources such...

Schedule 8 of the Labour Relations Act (LRA) states, in effect, that the employer should conduct an investigation and allow the employee ...

The ability to get away with breaking the law has encouraged many employers to mistreat undocumented foreign people employed by them...

The Labour Relations Act (LRA) provides for employees who have been passed over for promotion to lodge an unfair labour practice dispute...

The code of good practice that regulates the conducting of misconduct dismissal arbitrations increases the obligation on commissioners to...

BY lvan lsraelstam, Chief Executive of Labour Law Management Consulting. He may be contacted on (011) 888-7944 or 0828522973 or on...

Every employer and every employee has the right to expect that the other is trustworthy...

South African law provides heavy protection for pregnant employees, and does so via numerous pieces of legislation. Included in this...

Section 6 of the Employment Equity Act prohibits unfair discrimination against employees on the grounds of disability or illness...