by Lia Marus | Oct 19, 2022 | Latest News
As an employer, you are entitled to institute policies – which do not infringe the rights of your employees – in your workplace to govern employee behaviour. However, when employees organise an action against your policy this could be considered a strike. The...
by Lia Marus | Jul 14, 2021 | Latest News
Your workforce and employee performance are the lifeblood of your company. But creating a good work environment involves more than putting a pool table or a ‘relaxation zone’ in the office. It involves helping your staff develop both as individuals and as...
by Lia Marus | Jun 11, 2021 | Latest News
A question often asked of job applicants in interviews is: “Where do you see yourself in three years from now?” This telling question is answered mostly in a manner that will hopefully impress the interviewer. However, the true answer to this question lies within the...
by Lia Marus | Jun 4, 2021 | Latest News
We all know that diversity in teams allows them to perform better when there is a sense of inclusion and belonging. This is mostly because every human being is unique and therefore brings unique individual perspectives which emanate from different characteristics,...
by Lia Marus | May 28, 2021 | Latest News
Peter Drucker is often misquoted as saying “you can’t manage what you can’t measure”, and whilst he might not have said those words precisely, he certainly did teach the importance of having clarity for both employees and managers.The Covid 19 pandemic has...
by Lia Marus | May 23, 2021 | Latest News
Well before our current crisis, forward-thinking employers have been asking questions about approaches to the training and development of their people. 2020’s Entirely unexpected change of course has forced all employers to rethink how employees can be upskilled and...
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 21, 2020 | Latest News
The most recent round of amendments to the Labour Relations Act (LRA) have implications for the granting of organisational rights to trade unions. National Union of Mineworkers and others / Western Platinum (Pty) Ltd and others – (2019) 28 CCMA also reported at [2019]...
by Lia Marus | Dec 15, 2020 | Latest News
In order to be represented in a workplace of a particular company, the majority of employees need to belong to a union. This takes into account the employees across the entire company and not just at specific branches. In Southern African Clothing and Textile...
by Lia Marus | Dec 8, 2020 | Latest News
The reasonable expectation for a further contract is something that is often present in fixed-term contract cases. The case of National Tertiary Education Union obo Prigge and another / Durban University of Technology – (2018)27 CCMA 7.1.21 also reported at...
