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Forcing employees to retire early can be expensive
28th March 2022 Section 6 of the Employment Equity Act (EEA) prohibits unfair discrimination against an employee on arbitrary grounds including race, sex,... →
Retrenchments cannot be misused to get rid of undesirables
28th February 2022 The courts are required to ask three key questions when deciding whether a retrenchment is fair: Did the employer follow the statutory... →
LRA protects employees who lodge grievances
By: Creamer Media Reporter 31st January 2022 Some employers are too soft and trusting when receiving grievances and give in even before establishing whether the grievance has merit. However,... →
Be careful when dealing with disruptive employees
3rd January 2022 Employees who behave in a disruptive manner might do so for a variety of reasons including: Abuse of alcohol or other substances Incompetence –... →
Strikes can be rendered unnecessary
29th November 2021 Strikes in South Africa are as ‘normal’ as warm weather. However, strikes have more recently occurred less frequently probably due to the... →
The compulsory Covid vaccination controversy
2nd November 2021 Earlier this year I wrote an article warning of the dangers of enforcing compulsory Covid vaccinations at the workplace. Despite this, a trend... →
When is a formal disciplinary hearing necessary?
28th September 2021 Several months ago I wrote an article in which I cited the case of AUSA obo Melville vs SA Airways Technical (Pty) Ltd (2002,6 BALR 573). In that... →
Employees who blow the whistle are protected
1st September 2021 The Protected Disclosures Act no. 26 of 2000 (PDA) protects employees from reprisals as a result of having reported the employer to authorities... →