A new book, Help Yourself South Africa, describes how employers, employees and the unemployed can deregulate labour law by contract to a productive, free labour market.
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When Remorse Makes Dismissal Unfair
Case law reveals countless reasons given by CCMA arbitrators for an employer’s dismissal decision to be deemed unfair.
Apologise and save your job
It happens often that employers are faced with an employee at a disciplinary enquiry who vehemently denies the allegations against him/her or persistently denies any wrongdoing, even though the...
Fixed-term contracts not for permanent positions
Employers often lose at CCMA and bargaining councils in cases relating to fixed-term contracts of employment. A key reason for this is that employers do not understand the legal purpose of...
Smoking cannabis (dagga) at home and reporting for work
Since the Constitutional Court declared the private use of cannabis (dagga) legal in the matter of Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development and Others v Prince & Others [2018],...
Absenteeism and the Law
Many employers experience problems with employees being absent from work. In fact, in many workplaces absenteeism is a major concern as it impacts negatively on the operational requirements of the...
Employee Suspension: Employers STILL getting it wrong
The suspension and ultimately reinstatement of primary school teacher, Elana Barkhuizen from Laerskool Schweizer-Reneke has again highlighted how employers fail to appropriately follow due procedure...
Employees refusing to work overtime
On many occassions employers require employees to work overtime due to an increase in production, to meet order deadlines, etc. or due to various other operational requirements. On many occassions...
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