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Beware When Implementing Corona-induced Business Takeovers
29th June 2020 The destructive effect on businesses by the lockdown has resulted in many business takeovers and mergers implemented to cut costs. However, section... →
Can You Fire Employees Who Say “No”?
1st June 2020 As employees become more confident of the protection they get from the CCMA they have tended to be less subservient. This can result in employees... →
Corona Forces Updates Of Your Workplace Rules And Employment Conditions
4th May 2020 Since 1995 the Labour Relations Act (LRA) and Basic Conditions of Employment Act have been replaced with entirely new versions. However, as large... →
Panic Is Close Second To The Corona Curse
30th March 2020 It is understandable that business owners feel panicky because of the toll Corona is taking on business income. However, many businesses realise... →
Taking Issue With Arbitrators 
2nd March 2020 Where a party at the CCMA or bargaining council is unhappy with the award or ruling of an arbitrator he/she does not have the right of appeal.... →
Inexpert Dismissal Of Strikers Can Have Chilling Results
27th January 2020 The question I am often asked is what an employer is to do if it becomes the victim of a wildcat or unprocedural strike. Do we hire replacement... →
Formal Vs Informal Disciplinary Hearings
6th January 2020 The Code Of Good Practice: Dismissal in the LRA does not require the process at which the employee is heard to be a formal one. However, the right... →
Dismissals Can Be Justified For More Than One Reason
28th October 2019 Item 7(b)(iv) of the Code of Good Practice: Dismissal (the Code) provides that, in deciding if a dismissal was fair, a person is to consider a... →
