by Lia Marus | May 24, 2021 | Latest News
In South African Broadcasting Corporation SOC Ltd v Phasha – (2021)30 LAC 1.11.9, a General Manager was charged with misconduct and agreed to a hearing conducted by a CCMA Commissioner in terms of section 188A of the Labour Relations Act (LRA). The employee,...
by Lia Marus | Jan 14, 2021 | Latest News
The Employment Equity Act makes paying people – who do the same work at different rates of pay – an offence. This amounts to unfair discrimination. However, what often happens is that employees misinterpret this provision as can be seen in the matter of...
by Lia Marus | Dec 2, 2020 | Latest News
There have been many high profile cases regarding racial insults and the consequences of these for the perpetrator. Shoprite Checkers (Pty) Ltd v Samka and others – (2018) 27 LC 1.11.23 also reported at [2018] 9 BLLR 922 (LC) demonstrates how racial insults...
by Lia Marus | Nov 24, 2020 | Latest News
In the relationship between you and your employees, you will have individuals in your company who are duly authorised to conclude significant events in the employer – employee relationship. Two examples of these are entering into an employment contract and accepting a...
by Lia Marus | Nov 16, 2020 | Latest News
If an employer decides to transfer an employee’s place of work to another geographical location, their justification will be – nine times out of ten – that as the employee signed an employment contract with them, the employer is entitled to transfer employee. The case...
by Lia Marus | Jul 25, 2018 | Newsletters
The 2014 amendments to the Employment Equity Act (EEA) state that people who perform the same work, or work of similar value, must receive the same or similar remuneration. Recently, a number of significant labour law cases have been adjudicated which put this...
by Lia Marus | Oct 9, 2017 | Gazettes, Latest News
The Bill of Rights as contained in the Constitution as well as the Employment Equity Act (EEA) prohibit discrimination by one South African, or person situated in South Africa, unless this discrimination is for justifiable reasons. Unfortunately, post-apartheid South...
by Global Business Editor | Apr 3, 2012 | Gazettes, Latest News
Fixed Term Contract… these days are gone if the Bills go through Motsukunyane M vs Sedibeng District Municipality – (2011) 20 SALGBC 6.9.3 The employee claimed that her dismissal was unfair as she had a legitimate expectation of continued employment in...
