by Lia Marus | Dec 18, 2020 | Latest News
Should it be found that an employee has been unfairly dismissed, the usual remedy is re-instatement. The case of South African Municipal Workers’ Union and another v Ethekwini Municipality and others – (2019) 1 BILLR 46 (LAC) discusses this further.An employee was...
by Lia Marus | Dec 17, 2020 | Latest News
When setting the retirement age in your company, ensure that your policy is based on solid industry standards. If it is not, you could find yourself having to pay thousands that you had not budgeted for as was the case in Brian Joffe t/a J Air v Commission for...
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...
by Lia Marus | Dec 4, 2020 | Latest News
Gross insubordination is grounds for dismissal. However, it is not always cut and dried as can be seen with the case of SAMWU, AA Dawood v eThekwini Municipality, The South African Local Government Bargaining Council Commissioner & Ndaba N.O – Case No:...
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...
