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NUM members down tools at Anglo Coal’s Kleinkopje colliery
- Published on 9 Apr 2015
- HR Pulse News Desk
Members of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) stopped working at Anglo American's Kleinkopje coal mine in Mpumalanga on Wednesday, demanding the removal of the general manager.
Strike averted at Telkom
- Published on 31 Mar 2015
- HR Pulse News Desk
The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has called for the removal of Telkom chief executive Sipho Maseko and threatened to hold “a mother of all strikes”, which would shutdown the company.
Eskom’s Medupi strikers make huge demands
- Published on 27 Mar 2015
- HR Pulse News Desk
Striking workers at Eskom’s Medupi power station construction site have demanded, among other things, a bonus of R10,000 for the successful synchronisation of Unit 6 as well as payment for a further 200 hours for each of the 13,000 workers on site.
Employers beware of unfair disciplinary hearings
- Published on 2 Oct 2014
- Ivan Israelstam
The Labour Relations Act (LRA) provides that "every employee has the right not to be unfairly dismissed or subjected to unfair labour practices. Section 188 of the LRA classifies a dismissal as unfair if the employer doesn't prove that the reason for the dismissal is fair and was effected in accordance with a fair procedure. This section doesn't explain what is meant by "a fair reason" or a "fair procedure". However, fairness guidelines have been codified in schedule 8 of the LRA.
Extreme penalties for sexual harassment
- Published on 29 Sep 2014
- Ivan Israelstam
In the Real Security case, an unfair discrimination claim was based on the law that sexual harassment is unfair discrimination. The automatically unfair dismissal claim was based on the fact that the employee was forced to resign because her employer allowed her to be discriminated against by the supervisor who sexually harassed her. In this case, the court cited section 60 of the Employment Equity Act (EEA).
