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The recent South African Cabin Crew Association (“SACCA”) strike which took place at SA Airways (“SAA”) at the end of April 2017 has produced a number of very interesting principles which employers would do well to note given that the impact of a strike on an employer is very costly […]
Retrenchment is a process which is embarked upon by an employer where they have the need to consult a targetted audience of employees in relation to their possible loss of their workplaces. This process of consultation could be occasioned by situations in which the employer is experiencing a problem in […]
Maternity leave is tricky when it comes to terminating the services of an employee during this period of time. Today we are showing you exactly what labour law says about maternity leave and what your rights are if you want to terminate any employee who may be on maternity leave. […]
Conflict is endemic to the world of work, interactions in voluntary associations, sport clubs and churches. As long as there people there will be conflict. This is because people have diverse values, beliefs and opinions and diverse personalities and come from different backgrounds. With all these differences comes the […]
Human beings seem to have the innate desire to remember significant dates! The date we were born, the date of our first day at school, the date we finish secondary schooling, the date we graduate from tertiary institutions, the date of our wedding and so the list goes on. From […]
Fixed Term contracts have been amongst the most widely abused form of contracting in the South Africa employment sector. Small wonder that trade unionists have been challenging this issue most vehemently and also clear justification for why non-standard forms of employment, of which a fixed term contract is one, was […]
Polygraph tests are frequently employed by employers in instances where they wish to verify whether the truth is being presented by a testee/employee in a particular circumstance or not. The result of a polygraph shows whether the responses of a testee indicate deception, no deception is indicated or whether the […]
South Africans consume over five billion litres of alcohol per year, according to a study by the Medical Research Council (MRC). Alcoholism in the workplace is amongst a variety of contemporary social problems that affect the behaviour and success of people in the workplace, in this blog I focus on […]
I have often been asked about the wisdom of allowing an employee who is to face a disciplinary hearing to resign from the organisation. An employee who resigns from the organisation is, in terms of their contract of employment, bound to provide notice of that resignation in writing. The period […]
Social media is considered any form of electronic communication through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, messages, and other content. Social media includes internet forums, social blogs, wikis, microblogging (e.g. Twitter), social networks (e.g. Facebook), and many others. Social networking is the use of social media to […]