Employment Conditions
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Honesty paramount when you apply for a job
Even where it’s clear a staffer lied, firm still has to follow correct procedure By Ivan Israelstam At this time of the year, recruitment ... -
Flexi-staff workers can’t be got rid of so easily
It’s dangerous to apply a fixed-term contract if the job isn’t temporary By Ivan Israelstam According to sections 193 and 194 of the Labour ... -
Fixed-term contracts can be a dangerous tactic
By Ivan Israelstam South Africa’s labour legislation provides strong protection for employees. That is, numerous and imposing obstacles in the law and in the ... -
The Employment Contract
The Fixed term contract. A few remarks on this much misused and abused form of contract. Many employers utilize the Fixed Term Contract purely ... -
Fixed contracts can be short cut to the CCMA
Ivan Israelstam Recently employers have suffered a spate of losses at the CCMA and bargaining councils, in cases relating to fixed-term contracts. The reason ... -
Family Responsibility leave
Family Responsibility Leave Only an employee who has worked for longer than four months for the same employer, and who is employed on more ... -
Employees rights.
On a regular basis, I receive e-mails from employees asking the question “What are my rights ?” I also receive similar enquiries from employers ... -
Employees have lion’s share of legal rights
Employees have lion’s share of legal rights Ivan Israelstam All the more reason for employers to know where they can stand ground South African ... -
Employee Status – get it right!
What is the status of your employees ? Are they employees, fixed term contractors, independent contractors, temporary employees, or indeed, even probationers in disguise? ... -
Employee Rights.
We now take a further look at some of the additional rights of employees in terms of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act. The ...
