Silence can mean consent!
The Labour Relations Act (LRA) gives the Labour Court and Labour Appeal Court numerous and strong powers to make decisions relating to...
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Ivan Israelstam
Aug 263 min read
Dismissing union activists can shake the labour law tightrope
The rights of workers to join trade unions and to participate in their activities is heavily protected by the Constitution and by the...
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Ivan Israelstam
Apr 154 min read
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
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
Sep 4, 20233 min read
Contractor Takeovers
Important labour legislation applies to circumstances where a business or part thereof is transferred by one employer to another as...
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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
May 15, 20233 min read
Navigating the labour relations resolution system
In 1995 South Africa’s old Labour Relations Act was scrapped and replaced by the Labour Relations Act of 1995 (LRA)...
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Ivan Israelstam
Feb 8, 20233 min read
Labour law provides few employer protections
South Africa’s Labour Relations Act of 1956 was replaced soon after the transition of government in the mid 1990s...
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