Posts Tagged ‘free employment advice’
Employer Not Paying »
Question: My wife worked for Coca Cola Fortune in Polokwane and was medically aborted since March 2008 by her doctor. The problem is that since then she never received any salary from her employer and they are dragging their feet to finalize the claim. I am spending lot of money on her medication without any help from her employer. They also do [...]
Make Me Permanent »
Question: Could you please advise me on what to do. I've been contracting for a State owned enterprise for 10 months at a salary of R20800.00. They are busy with a business case to make me permanent as there is no-one else to do the work however the manager told me that I need to take a cut in salary for the permanent position as my currently [...]
Safety Rules and Regulations for Hairstylists »
Question: What are the safety rules and regulations for hairstylists? Is there a W.H.M.I.S.code or any health standards for hairstylists? How are stylists insured for health, life and personal insurance policies? (more...)
Strong Claim CCMA »
Question: My company changed our pay structure 6months ago and have been saying they will be giving us new contracts all this time, but every time they make a deadline for us getting these contracts they change it, but this is not why I am writing to you, I am writing to you because my managers have warned us that we might not want the new [...]
Finding Alternative Employment »
Question: I have been permanently employed at this company for almost 4 years, of which 2 years (after restructuring) has been by a new company (i.e. just different name, same place and people) and with a new contract. Still permanent employee. I am appointed as Communications Manager and Executive Personal Assistant and my contract clearly [...]
Taxation »
Question: Can a Company employ one person under two different employee numbers, doing the same function (at management level), being paid an annual permanent salary as well as an hourly rate as a consultant? Is this legal? (more...)
Salary Late »
Question: I for the last six months have been paid late. As a result of this I have consulted a debt councilor to help with accounts that are falling behind.Can my company decide when they want to pay me. As it is its the 5th of the month and still waiting for salary? (more...)
Domestic Workers »
Question: I have had a domestic for about 3-4 months but she was only working for me Monday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday. I didn't register because I was in the process of buying a new property which catered for a "maids quarters." Now when I am about to move and register my domestic, I realise that the person that i organized for my [...]
New Terms of Employment »
Question: If my employer brings new terms to the table with regards to salary, commission, work time, reporting etc. Does this constitute a new contract and therefore the previous document becomes null and void? In other words, if any changes to conditions are made does a new contract have to be drawn up or if I sign an A4 with the changes on [...]
Internal Relationships »
Question: I am being asked to resign. I was recently (5 months ago) promoted from a chemist to QA Manager. During mid-year review my boss and myself disagreed on a few goals and objectives for the year. (friendly disagreement). I was also asked to write my opinion on how things were going, so I said " my boss lacks the desire to run the [...]
Under Performance for Job Function »
Question: I have been working for a company for 9 months not and have had no contract given to me, my basic salary is R5000.00 and I only get paid R25.00 for over time, is this right, next thing is I was given a hearing for under performance in my job function but I do not even have a job description? What is my next steps? (more...)
Deductions Error »
Question: Can an employer make deductions on an error that they made 5 months ago without my permission? (more...)
Deduct Two Weeks Notice »
Question: I just want to find out, I resigned at my previous company due to the fact that I was treated unfairly and in my resignation letter I stated that my notice period will be a calendar month. After I resigned, I was treated like a criminal, as if i have done something wrong to the company, after 2 weeks (within my notice period) i was [...]
Separation Agreement »
Question: A friend of mine signed a Separation Agreement with his company who wanted to retrench him after only 3 months in the job as at least he managed to secure 2 months salary with the monies to be paid into his a/c the day after the agreement was signed, which also terminated the employment with immediate effect. The company never paid in [...]
Retrenching Staff »
Question: I am looking at retrenching one of my staff as his position is to become redundant within the company. What are my obligations to him and what are the correct procedures that need to be followed? (more...)