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Earnings Threshold in terms of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act 75 of 1997
New earnings threshold in terms of Basic Conditions of Employment Act
Adami Geldenhuys
Mar 101 min read
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2024: Constitutional Court and Supreme Court of Appeal Judgments summaries
Read the 2024 Case Law Summaries.
Danielle Geldenhuys
Jan 241 min read
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December 2024: Constitutional Court and Supreme Court of Appeal Judgments summaries
The article has summaries of the latest Constitutional Court and Supreme Court of Appeal judgments from the month of December. Read now!
Danielle Geldenhuys
Jan 61 min read
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Employment and Labour Law Update: December 2024
A selection of references from the December 2024 issues of the Lexinfo Employment and Labour Law Alert.
The Lexinfo Team
Jan 52 min read
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Court Trips Up Employers that Omit Retrenchment Procedure.
When an employer contemplates retrenching employees it is required by the Labour Relations Act (LRA)...
Ivan Israelstam
Dec 17, 20243 min read
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Summaries of Constitutional Court and Supreme Court of Appeal Judgments: November 2024
The article has summaries of the latest Constitutional Court and Supreme Court of Appeal judgments from the month of November. Read now!
Danielle Geldenhuys
Dec 2, 20241 min read
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Summaries of Constitutional Court and Supreme Court of Appeal Judgments: October 2024
Click on the file here below to view the summaries of the judgments handed down by the Constitutional Court and Supreme Court of Appeal...
Danielle Geldenhuys
Nov 3, 20241 min read
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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...
Ivan Israelstam
Sep 18, 20243 min read
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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...
Ivan Israelstam
Aug 12, 20243 min read
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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...
Ivan Israelstam
Apr 22, 20244 min read
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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...
Ivan Israelstam
Oct 30, 20233 min read
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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...
Ivan Israelstam
Oct 23, 20234 min read
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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...
Ivan Israelstam
Aug 23, 20233 min read
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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...
Ivan Israelstam
Jul 31, 20233 min read
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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 ...
Ivan Israelstam
Jul 27, 20234 min read
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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...
Ivan Israelstam
Feb 20, 20233 min read
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