Absenteeism and the Law
Many employers experience problems with employees being absent from work. In fact, in many workplaces absenteeism is a major concern…
Can an employee resign by e-mail or SMS?
Can an employee resign from a job by email where the employment contract requires resignations to be in writing? The…
Employee Suspension: A change in due process
On 06 February 2019 we posted an article about employers failing to comply with due process when suspending and employee,…
Informal Employment Does Not Protect Employers
It is a common and erroneous belief amongst employers that they protect themselves by employing staff without a letter or…
Consequences of selective re-employment following dismissal
Re-employing a dismissed or terminated employee can have unintended consequences, especially when the other employees dismissed or terminated for the…
Employee Suspension: Employers STILL getting it wrong
The suspension and ultimately reinstatement of primary school teacher, Elana Barkhuizen from Laerskool Schweizer-Reneke has again highlighted how employers fail…
Loophole employees were using to dodge disciplinary hearings are now closed
Employees due to appear in disciplinary hearings have been exploiting a legal loop that allowed them to walk away without…
Pregnant Employees – Testing Differential Treatment
In the recent case of Impala Platinum Ltd v Jonase and Others, the Labour Court (LC) dealt with an appeal…
National minimum wage and parental leave
The National Minimum Wage (NMW) and the Labour Laws Amendment Bill have been signed into law on 23 November 2018.…
Racial insults in the workplace – a rise in racial insults and derogatory remarks
Recently, there has been an unsettling rise in the instances of racial slander in the workplace. In September 2018 we posted…