CAN YOU FORCE YOUR EMPLOYEES TO BE VACCINATED AGAINST COVID?
2020 was a year of terror at workplaces because of the physical and financial dangers posed by Covid19. Due to the fact that the roll out of the vaccine will be slow we can expect […]
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Talent 360 employers topics about Job search and Courses in South Africa
FORMAL VS INFORMAL DISCIPLINARY HEARINGS
The drafters of the Labour Relations Act of 1995 (LRA) expressly provided for a right to be heard in the statute. That is, section 188 of the LRA states that a dismissal is unfair if […]
EMPLOYERS – BEWARE DISMISSALS BASED ON SPITE
Feelings of spite arise at work for a great variety of reasons such as: Resentment due to the lodging of grievances Power struggles between managers Racial and other prejudices Scapegoating Managers feeling threatened by other […]
DISMISSALS UNFAIR IF EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP STILL TOLERABLE
Schedule 8 of the Labour Relations Act (LRA) says that dismissal is only appropriate for those serious offences that make “a continued employment relationship intolerable”. Such serious offences could include, for example, gross insubordination, endangering […]
EMPLOYERS- DON’T CONFUSE RETRENCHMENTS AND MUTUAL TERMINATIONS
One must go far back in South African History to find a time when as many employees were losing their jobs as is happening right now. While retrenchments are at an historical high mutually agreed […]
EMPLOYER UNFAIRNESS ATTRACTS HEAVY PENALTIES
The Labour Relations Act (LRA) in conjunction with the Arbitration Act gives the CCMA, bargaining councils, Labour Court, Labour Appeal Court and private arbitrators the power to take very strong action against employers who commit […]
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