Unfairness Is An Elusive Concept
Despite the fact that the CCMA and Labour Courts judge employers on the fairness of their actions in respect of employees the...
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Ivan Israelstam
Mar 53 min read
Employees are required to be trustworthy
Since 1995 South African employees have had very strong labour law rights. These include, amongst others, the right to join trade unions...
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Ivan Israelstam
Jan 293 min read
Beware of firing poor performers
Employee work performance is a key requirement for the operational success of businesses and other workplaces in South africa...
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Ivan Israelstam
Oct 17, 20233 min read
Be firm with hearing disruptors
The purpose of a disciplinary hearing is to give the parties the opportunity to present all their evidence. The chairperson of the...
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Ivan Israelstam
Oct 4, 20233 min read
Fixed-term employment contracts not always appropriate.
The Labour Relations Act provides for fixed-term employees to have a reasonable expectation of renewal of their contracts at the expiry....
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Ivan Israelstam
Sep 12, 20233 min read
Beware firing genuinely sick employees
It is a major challenge for employers to distinguish between employees who are genuinely sick from those who are malingering...
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Ivan Israelstam
Jul 17, 20233 min read
Beware mistreating undocumented foreigners
The ability to get away with breaking the law has encouraged many employers to mistreat undocumented foreign people employed by them...
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Ivan Israelstam
Jul 10, 20233 min read
Failure to promote employees can be unfair
The Labour Relations Act (LRA) provides for employees who have been passed over for promotion to lodge an unfair labour practice dispute...
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Ivan Israelstam
Jun 12, 20233 min read
Don’t dismiss due to 3rd party pressure
BY lvan lsraelstam, Chief Executive of Labour Law Management Consulting. He may be contacted on (011) 888-7944 or 0828522973 or on...
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Ivan Israelstam
Mar 6, 20233 min read
The validity of prior warnings is a vexed issue.
A disciplinary warning is an oral or written statement made by an employer informing the employee that his/her conduct or performance...
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