Posts Tagged ‘unfair labour practice’
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Never Ending Retrenchment »
Question: In my retrenchment letter it talks about one additional months pay for May (which is my notice period) to be paid. What i would like to know if it's compulsory for me to work that month and if i don't, do i still receive this money. (more...)
Problems at the Highest Level »
Question: I worked for an organisation, as General Manager, that has severe financial difficulties. After a lot of unpleasantness I resigned on 23rd Feb 2009 giving 3 months notice as per my contract of employment. My resignation was accepted in writing. I was told that there was no need to report to work during my notice. (more...)
UIF and such-like »
Question: I feel I am about to be fired long story, have consulted a labour lawyer and was told not to bother as the stress and the money will not be worth it as I will probably lose anyway. My question is as follows, if I get fired in June 2009, can I claim UIF benefits? THEN, My baby is due November, will I be able to then claim Maternity [...]
Half Day – No Way »
Question: I work for a company which, due to the economic climate, needs to put me on half day from the 1st of May 2009. I am working from 8am until 16h00 for 5 days with 1 hour lunch. I want to know what my hours of work should be now that I will start working half day? (more...)
Unfair Retrenchment »
Question: I was employed at Anglo Platinum Rustenburg since 3 March 2008, to do a Sec28/MQA electrician course to be acceptable for them, since they don't accept Olifants fnt Certificate's. I was retrenched Dec 2008, but on my termination form it said "resigned"? I couldn't claim UIF and are still unemployed because no other company accept their [...]
Unilateral Changes to Terms and Conditions of »
A complaint that often arises from employees is that the employer has made some or other unilateral change to the original terms and conditions of employment. The change made may be in the form of a sudden reduction in salary for some or other reason, changes to commission structure or a reduction in the amount of commission paid, the removal of [...]
Unfair Salary Cut »
Question: My company has singled me out for a salary reduction. No other staff have been advised of cuts. At the same time the company has hired new staff at much higher salaries than myself. What are my legal options. NB :No written notice was given to me (more...)