What To Do About An Employee Who Is Incompetent?
What happens when an employer can see that an employee is failing to attain the standard of performance required of them in their job?
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South Africa
New Code Of Conduct For Workplace Harassment: An End To Eye-rolling
Many South Africans consult with a traditional healer instead of a ‘regular doctor’ for medical needs. Most employers in the professional sphere, would be reluctant to accept a medical certificate from a traditional healer. What does the law say?
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“I’m Booked Off Work”, “By Who?” Says The Boss, “By My Traditional Healer”
Many South Africans consult with a traditional healer instead of a ‘regular doctor’ for medical needs. Most employers in the professional sphere, would be reluctant to accept a medical certificate from a traditional healer. What does the law say?
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When All Employees Are Equal, But Some Are More Equal Than Others – Justifiable Discrimination In The Workplace
If an employer does this because of any of the grounds listed in section 6(1) of the EEA (including gender, age, disability, religion etc.), it will automatically amount to unfair discrimination. If an employer does this because of any of the grounds listed in section 6(1) of the EEA (including gender, age, disability, religion etc.), it will automatically amount to unfair discrimination.
Covid Injection Or Employment Ejection: Dismissing Unvaccinated Employees
A question that has been asked by many employers recently has been whether an employee can be dismissed for refusing to be vaccinated in South Africa?
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Trade Union Organisational Rights In The Workplace
With unions come their organisational rights, which are rights that a registered trade union may exercise in a workplace to enable the union to organise and represent member employees in their workplaces.
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The National Minimum Wage Increased By 21.5% For Domestic Workers For 2022/2023
The South African National Minimum Wage will be adjusted from 1 March 2022. The increase for domestic workers will be 21.5%.
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Digital Assets In Your Estate Plan
Why digital property must be taken into account in your estate plan.
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The Doctrine Of Common Purpose: When Strikers Unite
The doctrine of common purpose holds that where two or more people agree to commit a crime, each person will be responsible for the other persons’ actions which fall within the group’s common purpose or design. This doctrine was successfully applied in the case of National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa.
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Festive Season Closures
Please note that our offices will be closed from 23 December 2021 and re-open on 4 January 2022.
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