Employment and Labour Law Update: August 2024
A selection of references from the August 2024 issues of the Lexinfo Employment and Labour Law Alert.
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Ivan Israelstam
- Aug 12
- 3 min
Don’t Charge Employees Without Proof of Misconduct
Labour law heavily protects employees from unfair dismissal. Section 188 of the LRA effectively provides that a dismissal will be unfair...
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Ivan Israelstam
- Apr 22
- 4 min
The LRA And Unfair Labour Practices
The Labour Relations Act (LRA) does not define the meaning of “unfair” but describes “Unfair labour Practice” as “any unfair act...
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Ivan Israelstam
- Oct 30, 2023
- 3 min
There are degrees of dishonesty
The law does allow employers to dismiss employees for dishonesty. This is because dishonesty can destroy the ability of the employer...
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Ivan Israelstam
- Oct 23, 2023
- 4 min
Good faith consultation is obligatory for retrenchments
The Labour Relations Act (LRA) makes it obligatory for employers that are contemplating retrenchments to first consult about this...
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Ivan Israelstam
- Aug 23, 2023
- 3 min
Beware Of Default Awards
If an employer fails to attend an arbitration hearing the CCMA has the power to issue a default award in favour of the employee...
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Ivan Israelstam
- Jul 31, 2023
- 3 min
Labour brokers not a cure all for legal restrictions
It is common for employers to try to avoid employing employees directly and often prefer to use alternative and temporary resources such...
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Ivan Israelstam
- Jul 27, 2023
- 4 min
Ignore the audi alteram partem rule at your peril
Schedule 8 of the Labour Relations Act (LRA) states, in effect, that the employer should conduct an investigation and allow the employee ...
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Danielle Geldenhuys
- Jul 3, 2023
- 1 min
Protection of Personal Information: Law and Practice. – 2nd ed.
Burns, Y. and Burger-Smidt, Ahmore. Protection of Personal Information: Law and Practice. – 2nd ed. – LexisNexis, 2023.
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Adami Geldenhuys
- Feb 23, 2023
- 1 min
New earnings threshold published in terms of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act 75 of 1997
New earnings threshold in terms of Basic Conditions of Employment Act
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Ivan Israelstam
- Feb 20, 2023
- 3 min
Beware suspending employees without just cause
Angry employers too often fire employees on the spot for having broken workplace rules, or for doing poor work...
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Danielle Geldenhuys
- Nov 13, 2022
- 1 min
Labour law: an introduction. – Juta, 2022.
This book is not an arid reflection on labour law. It is an attempt to initiate a sound understanding of the basic principles of labour...
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