CCMA or Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration is an external forum that assists employers and employees to resolve workplace disputes through a process of conciliation and mediation or arbitration. The alternative to [...]
Conciliation is a process where a commissioner meets with the parties in dispute, and explores ways to settle the dispute by agreement. At conciliation a party may appear in person or only be [...]
Customer Question- J. Ballantine – September 2014 Is misconduct in in the workplace really grounds for dismissal? In general, gross misconduct in the workplace is characterised as an objectionable action that is willful [...]
IR or Industrial Relations, relates to the dynamic and on going interaction between the employer, employee and organized labour. It refers to the processes and policies of managing employee relations within the workplace [...]
By: Hugo Pienaar and Sihle Tshetlo | 13 Mar 2015 On 3 March 2015, the Labour Appeal Court (LAC) ruled that the court's prior interpretation of the validity of termination notices that are [...]
A unique and professional service based on the advice and assistance to members in labour issues related to the general work environment, including but not limited to: Leave, abuse of and absenteeism, sick [...]
A unique and professional service based on the advice and assistance to members in labour issues related to the general work environment, including but not limited to: Leave, abuse of and absenteeism, sick [...]
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY – JOHANNESBURG IMPORTANT AMENDMENTS TO THE LABOUR RELATIONS ACT (LRA) AND THE BASIC CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT ACT (BCEA) These amendments will have far-reaching consequences for employer / employee [...]
New definition of “designated groups”, equal pay for workers of equal value, Compliance and Enforcement orders, scope of jurisdiction: CCMA: The EE Act came into effect on the 1st of August 2014 after [...]
President Zuma signed the bill in January 2014. The proclamation notice was published in Government Gazette 37871. The act aims to implement affirmative action measures and to eliminate unfair discrimination. The act also [...]
