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Retrenchment or Salary Cut »
Question: We are facing retrenchment and an alternative has been put on the table for salary cuts with no guarantee that our jobs will still be safe after 3 months. can they force us to take the salary cut if we refuse as we had? Answer: No. This is being offered as an alternative. You either accept or not. If not they will continue with [...]
Reduce an Employees Salary »
Question: I am currently permanently employed in the IT industry. I was promoted and transferred, last year October, to the Eastern Cape as a Team Leader - I was previously a Field Technician in KZN, my salary was adjusted accordingly. As I was relocating I negotiated R5000 more than the standard Team leader gets in my company. Upon [...]
Difficult Boss »
Question: After being with the Metal and Engineering Industries Bargaining Council for three years I signed an offer for growth purposes with a Consultancy Firm in February this year (2009). I was hired as an executive assistant to one of the Directors there on a 6 month probation period. The person I worked for has had a sad history with [...]
Unfair Labour Law Practice »
Question: I have just disovered that a person who was on the same notch as I in 2005 is two notches above me. There was a merger of institutions, I suspect that is when I was treated unfairly. This particular person started working here in 2004 and I started in 2005 on top notch, so which simply means he was also in the same notch as we are on [...]
Your Personal Career Development »
A personal career development plan enables you to keep track of progress in your own career. It is a reliable way to analyze your motivations, aspirations, and achievements. Several career-oriented individuals create a career development plan not just to accomplish certain goals, such as a promotion or salary raise, but also for further career [...]