Posts Tagged ‘labour’
Leave Allocation »
Question: I would like to ask four questions: 1. How many days leave should one be getting 2. If the company I work for closes down over December, can they ask us to put in leave for that period as well. 3. If we have to go to the dentist or doctor or anywhere, for even an hour, we have to use our leave for that i.e. putting in an hour or 2 hours [...]
Salary Dispute »
Question: I've been working for this company for seven years. I have no contract. I started working a technician then promoted to receptionist then parts salesmen. They decided to let me run the parts department as a company on its own. My duties include management, sales, purchaser, creditors and debtors. I've worked completely on my own. I dont [...]
Investigation of Misconduct »
Question: I got an email from HR Dept that threatens disciplinary action against me if I do not take part in an "investigation" on our department.No explanation was given on who is being investigated and for what misconduct.The 3rd request was put in wrting and its contents stated miscommunicated issues which our manager cleared to the MD through [...]
Restraint of Trade »
Question: Can a restraint of trade be enforced during a retrenchment? (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...)
Severance Pay… »
Question: I worked for company A for 20 years, company B acquired company A and I have worked for them the last 6 years. Now I have 26 years employment and am facing a lay off. The severance package for company B is one week’s salary for every year worked. Shouldn’t I expect to get 26 weeks of severance from company B even if I have to sue to [...]
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 [...]
Unfair Labour Practice »
Question: Is it within the law to let employees apply for their jobs when a new structure is introduced in a single department when the company is not in a process of retrenchments. What happens to those who are not successful in the interviews for the new positions? There are no retrenchments in the entire company and no reason was given as to [...]
Working Hours Half Day »
Question: my wife started working as a receptionist at a doctors room as a halfday worker. I would like to know what hours she is suppose to work per week/month. she is currently working from 8:00 till 13:30 (5,5 hours) a day. She must now also work every second saturday from 8:00 to 12:00. She does not receive any extra or overtime payment. I am [...]
Half Day / Half Salary – is it legal? »
Question: Due to the current economic situation - my company needs to ask 3 employees to change their hours to half day. They have been identified as people who aren't busy all the time and the company is able to continue it's work with less hours from these people. What are the legal implications of this? One of the employees is pregnant and [...]
UIF Claim »
Question: I have worked for my previous company four years. I was then offered a job at another company which I had accepted. This company had informed me that we would be permanent after a year, but t he business did not do well and my contract has unfortunately come to an end. Can I claim for UIF from my previous company that I have worked [...]