Posts Tagged ‘salary reduction’
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 [...]
Unfair Labour Processes »
Question: My boss only paid me half of my salary this month and said that she is not going to pay my other half as she thinks I am going to resign. She verbally agreed to pay my salary on the last day of the month and this late payment has happened before. My contract she said I'm not allowed to change it, i need to know what my office hours is [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Food Expenses and Unfair Wages »
Question: Our company requires that we work away from home and provide accommodation but expect us to pay for our food expenses, is that fair? Also we don't have contracts and are afraid to ask in fear of loosing our jobs, some of us have families and cannot afford that. We also get paid very little, R60 per day for some from 7am till 4pm, is [...]
Not Legal »
Question: We had a disciplinary at a registered sports club against a member and the chair and assistant refused that he may be be represented by a fellow member. Is this legal? (more...)
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...)
Demotion and Salary Adjustments »
Question: My position has been evaluated and found to be middle management, the evaluation was my employers initiative, then one year later they claim to have made a mistake by including me and 200 + employees in the middle management level, they then went ahead by demoting us back to a lower level with pay adjustments, can this be legal in any [...]
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 [...]
Unfair Discrimination – Remuneration »
Question: We have a case with the employer on unfair discrimination- remuneration, we have presented a solid evidences to the employer during the internal grievance process to prove that the current salary structure was designed to discriminate against black people .This employer still practices policies and conducts that were a norm during the [...]
Salary Reduction »
Question: I started in January 2009 at a collection agency for the same salary as my previous employment. In March we all where called in for one on one sessions with one of the owners where he states he gives us 3months to make a person target and he worked it out according to our salary and whe had to sign a letter stating we understand the [...]
Work Half Day – Half Day Salary »
Question: I work half day and I get a half day salary. I work on a commission basis with a full days target. Is this legal? How can I sort this out. (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 [...]
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 [...]
Concept on Salary Cut to all Employees »
Please kindly assist me with the information. My company has appointed employees that were on Fixed Term Contract ( Total cost to company) on the same salary on permanent basis (with benefits). Other employees within the same component are addressing the salary disparity or rather deferred implementation on salary given to these employees, meaning [...]