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...