Retrenchments - News Archive

1. Can you force employees to apply for their own jobs or …: (Editor's Pick); ... This is often a disaster for the employer because the biggest reason for retrenchments is financial weakness and these awards against employers can place an unbearable burden on the already-strained ...; Created on 28 Mar 2014
2. Job losses reached a 3 year high this February…What can you do?: (News); ... their staff turnover has been, why the person whose job you are filling has left...If there is any reason to suspect that there will be retrenchments in the near future, avoid it." Robbertse says that ...; Created on 13 Mar 2014
3. Why isn’t business rescue legislation preventing job losses?: (Legal Opinion); ... continuing to trade into the future and with the least possible disruption to the company's workforce. Of course, a practitioner might have to consider retrenchments and terminating jobs in the ordinary ...; Created on 11 Mar 2014
4. Tribunal approves large mining merger subject to two-year no retrenchment condition: (News); ... company), subject to a condition that for the first two years after the implementation of the merger, no merger-related retrenchments may occur, said Natalie von Ey, director in the Competition practice ...; Created on 10 Mar 2014
5. What it takes to cut it as an entrepreneur: (Opinion); ... turbulent times, no company is immune from economic hardship. If retrenchments become necessary, a LIFO (last-in-first-out) policy is often applied and your talent management practices have to be top-notch ...; Created on 5 Mar 2014
6. Edgars workers face the axe: (News); ... business, even where this lead to redundancy of positions. However, where the reason for the proposed retrenchment relates to cutting costs employers should consider the secondary impact of using retrenchments ...; Created on 19 Feb 2014
7. Adcorp employment index - alternatives to retrenchment: (News); ... should consider the secondary impact of using retrenchments to achieve the cost savings. Considering alternatives to retrenchment could have a positive impact on the business and its employees in the long ...; Created on 19 Feb 2014
8. Peter McDermott: (Meet our authors); ... Relations Negotiations Performance Management Personnel Management Policies and Procedures Retrenchments Skills Development (SD) Strikes Talent Management Trade Unions ...; Created on 14 Feb 2014
9. Stop the strike action on mines – Zuma: (News); ... Zuma announced that regulations would be created to prevent arbitrary strikes and retrenchments. The measure is designed to ease concern over the unrest in the mining sector, and to boost the flagging ...; Created on 14 Feb 2014
10. What are trade unions’ rights under the Companies Act?: (Industrial Relations); ... same terms and conditions of employment. If it’s necessary to perform retrenchments, these are carried out under section 189 and/or 189A of the Labour Relations Act (LRA). The employees rank as the ...; Created on 4 Dec 2013
11. When is a labour broker’s client liable?: (News); ... with employees. The employees who Kitsanker employed directly entered into voluntary retrenchments and Abancedisi immediately re-employed them on a limited-duration contract. In terms of this contract: ...; Created on 19 Nov 2013
12. Gillian Lumb and Mandla Ngumbela: (Meet our authors); ... contracts as well as employee policies and procedures, furnishing advice on restructuring, retrenchments, the employment law implications of transferring a business as a going concern and conducting due ...; Created on 1 Nov 2013
13. NUM threatens strike action: (News); ... if need be.” Amplats said the total number of retrenchments would depend on the number of people who took voluntary severance packages and redeployments. However, according to Eye Witness News, NUM said ...; Created on 22 Aug 2013
14. Pick n Pay’s turnaround strategy drives retrenchment: (News); ... forward offers for voluntary retrenchments to workers in its head office and regional head office. "There are a whole host of initiatives going ahead, this is just one of them in terms of trying to get ...; Created on 12 Aug 2013
15. Standard Bank to lay off 148 IT workers: (News); In a bid to reduce the duplication of roles in its information technology (IT) operations, Standard Bank will lay off 148 IT employees. A spokesman for Standard Bank said: “Standard Bank has undertaken ...; Created on 20 Jun 2013
16. Retrenchment: Get it right or face legal exposure!: (Retrenchments); ... who you may have already earmarked for retrenchment! 2. You must invite these employees – in writing – to a “joint, consensus-seeking” consultation to find ways of: Avoiding retrenchments; ...; Created on 13 Jun 2013
17. Turmoil in SA leads to industrial relations paralysis: (Industrial Relations); ... law attorneys to evaluate disciplinary procedures constantly against the fairness framework. These procedures should never be hastily instituted and they should always be applied consistently. Retrenchments ...; Created on 31 May 2013
18. Survive and thrive during periods of organisational change!: (Company Category); ... Organisational changes can be anything from the implementation of a new IT system or process through to company mergers, retrenchments or downsizing – in fact, any change which impacts people and the ...; Created on 29 May 2013
19. Apply healthy family dynamics in the workplace: (Management); ... phenomenon, is made worse by the current extended global financial crisis. Survivors of cut-backs, retrenchments and corporate restructuring now need to do more with less, while still meeting the same ...; Created on 20 May 2013
20. Retrenchments don’t always have to be negative: (News); Corporate eases the blow of retrenchment for their employees. AllAfrica.com recently reported that Denel and the South African Air Force (SAAF) concluded a skills supply agreement: 139 Denel employees ...; Created on 11 Mar 2013

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