Legal 2
Double jeopardy is not on!
- Published on 19 Jun 2013
- Ivan Israelstam
A recent article in The Star reported that the SA Bureau of Standards (SABS) dismissed a man named Mr Pretorius. He had been the section head of the SABS’ crash test and component testing section.
Pretorius was reportedly dismissed for illegally selling crash test bodies after allegedly giving a crash test body to a friend in exchange for a go-cart sponsorship.
But from the report, it appears that he had already been given a 12-month final written warning for this very offence in August last year.
How to register as a skills development facilitator
- Published on 18 Jun 2013
- Lia Marus
By the end of this month (which is only 12 days away…), you will need to have submitted your workplace skills plan and annual training report if you want to claim 20% of your Skills Development Levy (SDL) back from your Sector Education Training Authority (Seta). But before you even think about doing this, you will have to have appointed a skills development facilitator…
An employee has an obligation to comply with a reasonable instruction
- Published on 3 Jun 2013
- Gavin Stansfield
The balance was tipped in favour of employers in the recent Labour Appeal Court decision of Motor Industry Staff Association and another v Silverton Spraypainters and Panelbeaters (Pty) Ltd and two others [2012] ZALAC 42 (LAC). Even though labour laws prohibit an employer from unilaterally changing terms and conditions of employment, this decision confirmed that employees do not have a vested right to preserve their working obligations completely unchanged.
Turmoil in SA leads to industrial relations paralysis
- Published on 31 May 2013
- Siobhan Viljoen
The current labour relations environment in South Africa is fraught with complexity on almost every front. As a result, employers are treading extremely carefully in response to basic industrial relations (IR) issues, particularly when those issues are associated with industrial action. Why? Because the way unions and striking workers behave during industrial action have significantly changed.
Academic institutions are not immune from labour problems
- Published on 27 May 2013
- Ivan Israelstam
It is not only corporate employers who mess up their disciplinary, labour relations and performance management procedures. We have been asked to assist in more and more cases where academic institutions have breached labour law provisions because they have ignored their own policies.
