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 [...]
JOHANNESBURG – Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) Secretary General Zwelinzima Vavi has accused employer association Neasa of being greedy and declaring war against the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa [...]
Please be aware, the earnings threshold has been increased by the Minister of Labour and is effective from the 1st of July 2014! The new earnings threshold is now R205 433.33 or R17 [...]
