Ivan Israelstam Apr 154 minEMPLOYMENT AND LABOUR LAWUnfairness Is An Elusive ConceptDespite the fact that the CCMA and Labour Courts judge employers on the fairness of their actions in respect of employees the...
Ivan Israelstam Sep 12, 20233 minEMPLOYMENT AND LABOUR LAWBeware firing genuinely sick employeesIt is a major challenge for employers to distinguish between employees who are genuinely sick from those who are malingering...
Ivan Israelstam Sep 4, 20233 minEMPLOYMENT AND LABOUR LAWContractor TakeoversImportant labour legislation applies to circumstances where a business or part thereof is transferred by one employer to another as...
Ivan Israelstam Jul 10, 20233 minEMPLOYMENT AND LABOUR LAWFailure to promote employees can be unfairThe Labour Relations Act (LRA) provides for employees who have been passed over for promotion to lodge an unfair labour practice dispute...
Ivan Israelstam May 15, 20233 minEMPLOYMENT AND LABOUR LAWNavigating 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)...
Ivan Israelstam Feb 8, 20233 minEMPLOYMENT AND LABOUR LAWLabour law provides few employer protectionsSouth Africa’s Labour Relations Act of 1956 was replaced soon after the transition of government in the mid 1990s...