Posts Tagged ‘ccma’
Threatening »
Question: I would like to find out about my husband’s rights. He works for a smallish company is Cape Town, which has branches in Johannesburg and Port Elizabeth. He has been there for a year and 3 months now. At the moment, his pay is R4500 a month. Recently, he found out a co-worker who started after him, makes R5500 a month (they have [...]
No Written Contract and No UIF »
Question: My father in law has been working in construction for a good number of years for the same guy though they've never made out a written contract. His employer has also never registered him for UIF. His employer has now not paid him since November and we would like to know what actions could my father in law do to ensure he gets his [...]
Unfair Salary Cut by Employer »
Question: I took over a business in 2006, one employee, "Kate", was paid R3000 by the previous employer, but when I took over we had a verbal agreement that I could not afford her on that salary so we agreed on R2500. Business has been slow and I can't give a salary increase. Now she wants to take me to the CCMA, because I cut her salary. What [...]
Bad Faith »
Question: What remedies does the Act afford employers and employees if one or other party either refuses to bargain or bargains in bad faith? (more...)
Unfair Labour Practise on Salary »
Question: I started at this company in April 2009 in the filing department and after 3 months they made me permanent and I was moved to the call centre where i wanted to be. They are refusing to pay me the call center salary and I was told that the company could get someone else for the salary i am getting in the call center. They them hired [...]
Bargaining in Bad Faith »
Question: What remedies does the Act afford employers and employees if one or other party either refuses to bargain or bargains in bad faith? (more...)
Guilty on Being Late »
Question: Maybe I have to start at the beginning because I am not sure whether it’s unfair labour practice or just unfair dismissal. On the 14th November I sent my manager an SMS because his cell phone was off stating that I was sick and could not come to work the next day, and I submitted a sick note stating that I was I was unfit for work [...]
Resort Sold, Monies Claimed »
Question: My wife and I are part of four managers running two resorts. The resorts have been sold as a going concern and with all employee's 3 months ago. None off the managers have been paid for 3 months. Can we as management claim our salaries from the selling parties. We know that the final contract has not been signed. (more...)
Call Center Hearing and Suspension »
Question: I am currently employed in a call centre environment as an administrative consultant in the insurance industry. I have recently for the first time encountered a labour dispute and I urgently require advice. On the 15th of September 2009 i received a "FINAL WRITTEN WARNING", which alleged that i was "abandoning incoming telephone [...]
Company Closed Down – Breach of Terms »
Question: The construction company my wife worked for closed down. The employment contract states that they will pay out 4 (four) weeks severance pay for every year. She was employed for just over a year, so it boils down to about R7000. Is there an easy and cheap way to get the money out of them? Cause it certainly ain't worth it if we [...]
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 [...]
Claim Monies from Work in Zimbabwe »
Question: I have been employed by a company from South Africa to work in Zimbabwe. I have been in Zimbabwe since August 2006 and returned to SA in March 2009. The reason for my return was that the Zimbabwe government has not met a final payment. Two other colleques remained in Zimbabwe and continued the job. They were paid as per our agreement, [...]
Retrenchment Advice – CCMA »
Question: The company my wife works for announced on 31 July 2009 that they were changing the structure of the company. Yesterday morning (6 August 2009) the entire company was called for a meeting informing them that according to law they were starting with retrenchment process. 3 hours later she was informed (6 August 2009) via e-mail the [...]
Reduce Senior Staff Salaries »
Question: Since 2004, the company has not been meeting its obligations with SARS, PAYE, etc. due to poor financial controls, unaccountable payments and cash withdrawals from the company's account. Also due to lack of new business growth, can the comany reduce senior staff salaries up to 50% using the issue of recession, company notmeeting a profit [...]
Sick Leave for Scheduled Appointments »
Question: Sorry to bother you! Please clarify for me what does sick leave mean. Can I for instance also visit the dentist and my gynecologist and ask them for a proof of my visit. Would this then be categorize under the days of sick leave I have available in my sick leave cycle? Or is sick leave only for the times when you are physically sick [...]