Posts Tagged ‘ccma’
Retrenchment »
Question: If I want to retrench my char that works 1 day a week for me for the last 2 years, due to my affordablitity. What do I have to pay her and must I give her notice? (more...)
Unfair Labour Practice »
Question: How can employee stand up for their rights in a case whereby Management / the manager is not fair based on the following points: 1. Some staff members will be released of duty at 13:00 where as their knock off time is 16:00 and the remaining staff 90 % of the time being non white staff will be let of @ 15 : 00 but the people that [...]
Employee Discrimination »
Question: Is it discrimination when an employee gives urine screens to a certin rank of employees? (more...)
Over Time »
Question: Is overtime calculated on a daily basis. We have a shop open 12 hrs a day and 9 hrs on sat. can the 45 hrs a week be divided into shifts of different length so no overtime is due. Yet having the staff availible when necessary. (more...)
Non Payment of Salary »
Question: My daughter works for a bookkeeping company in Rustenburg and due to the economic crunch has not been paid since the end of March. This is now the third month that she has not received her salary. She was told via an SMS to either stay at home or resign at te beginning of April, was then asked to go back to work and promised payment of [...]
Racism in the Workplace »
Question: I'm a white woman with a black male boss. Everytime I try to organize promotions at work or something to generate business in our office he has some sort of problem and tries his best to put a pole in the works. He always has a problem with me and my collegues both black and white have also started picking this up and were the first to [...]
Termination »
Question: I've been offered a fixed term contract for 6 months on a construction project. The following paragraphs are included in my new contract under "Termination". 2. Paragraphs 1 and 2 are OK, but I am confused by paragraph 3. According to the manager, this is to protect the company if the client should terminate the project. I find this [...]
Workplace Dispute »
Question: I was recently informed by a collegue at work that 'as a friend he wanted to tell me that I should be quaking in my boots because of what my boss is threatening'. This is now the 2nd time that I have heard threats of 'not producing' hints at dismissal etc when in fact it is completely unfounded and grossly unfair. About a year ago, I [...]
Was Forced To Resign »
Question: About a month ago I decided to go up and speak to my boss. While talking to him he became very upset and swore at me. It wasn't the first time but was the worst and could not tolerate this anymore. On many other occasions I let it pass but this time I could not. I gave him a letter of resignation stating why and thereafter even wrote a [...]
Labour law advice »
Question: On 12 May 2009 at 20:00 my employer phoned me and fired me on grounds that I Lied about looking for other employment. On the 19 May 2009 I filed for Unfair dismissal against my previous employer with the CCMA. (more...)
Verbal Appointment »
Question: Is a verbal appointment binding like I was employed as a supervisor of a Building but because of my past building experience the owner ask me to convert the building from flats to a hotel and said that he will pay me at The end of the contract for the construction work. Because I was already Earning a salary very small as the supervisor [...]
Biting the Hand that Feeds You »
Question: I have domestic worker that steal clothes food, live in work 3days a week she had a disciplinary in march 06 after that still steal given written warning had to write down everything i buy because she say she doesn’t steal gave a final written warning still stealing, I have dismissed her with full payment. Can she take me to the CCMA? [...]
Retrenched and Re-Employed »
Question: I have recently been retrenched my last day being 15 May 2009. I have been offered a 1 month contract with the same company to sort out various jobs. Recently one of the employees resigned from her position in the company. As a retrenched employee I would like to know whether I have the right to be offered or apply for this position. [...]
Too Many Jobs? »
Question: I am working as a clerk but I am also relieving the receptionist in the morning and in the afternoon. So this week she was off since Monday and she will be returning next week Monday. Today I arrived 15minutes late because of transport so my boss was sent an email by our manager that, he must advice me on the matter because I’ll get a [...]
Resign or be Fired »
Question: I have a query about my dismissal. I started a new job in Nov 2008. The employer told me it is a self learning job (which means no training at all.) I was contracted out to company x, and at the end of Feb 2009, I was invited for a lunch by my employer, and he wanted a chat. I went, and he said he isn't very happy, because the company to [...]