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Sectoral Determinations and accreditation of bargaining councils
The Minister of Labour has given notice of her intention to review minimum wages and
employment conditions in various sectors. Various bargaining councils have also been
accredited to conduct conciliations and arbitrations up to 2015, subject to specified
demographic and performance conditions.
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Recent Worklaw responses to subscriber helpline queries |
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May an employer appeal against its own sanction - even if our disciplinary code is silent on this matter? We appointed an external chairperson to conduct the hearing, and we are very unhappy with the outcome of the case
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A group of employees were issued with 12 month final written warnings for participating in an illegal stoppage during 2010. This year, two employees who were involved in last year’s work stoppage were again found to have committed the same offence with a different group of employees.
Can the two employees be dismissed for participating in an illegal stoppage whilst they are on final warning, and the others get final warnings? Their hearing is taking place tomorrow and I am expected to advise on an appropriate course of action.
Click here to read Worklaw's response ……
Question:
We have just reviewed our uniform policy and one issue keeps coming up. It is phrased as follows: 'Traditional costume and garments worn to comply with religious requirements are not permitted under any circumstances'.
Is this legal? Can we require our employees not to wear any traditional item during working hours? Is this not tantamount to discrimination on religious grounds? What would your advice be, and can we phrase this any better?
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Getting the most out of Worklaw
Worklaw is a labour law advice and information service, developed by some of South Africa`s most experienced labour arbitrators.
Worklaw subscribers get free advice from experienced arbitrators via e-mail, can research the law and leading cases, are updated monthly on new cases, trends etc, and can use excellent training material, to name a few of these services. Our larger subscribers (10 or more user licences) receive an in house annual labour law workshop of approx 2 hours, at which we take them through the key labour court cases and trends from the past year. Subscribers with less than 10 user licences are invited to a general subscriber breakfast workshop offered annually in Johannesburg and Durban.
Worklaw`s key services are summarised below:
If you need to find a case reference or find a case under a specific topic, go to Case Law. If you are still in the dark, use the Help Line, and we’ll answer your query within 48 hours .You may want to check if you have taken the correct steps in, say, suspending or disciplining an employee; if so go to Forms / Checklists. If you want to institute a new policy or procedure; go to Model Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures. If you need to check the actual wording of legislation, this is all set out at Legislation. The Codes of Good Practice on dismissal, sexual harassment, picketing etc can be found at Codes of Good Practice. |
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Editor's Comment
Strike violence
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New CCMA guidelines for misconduct arbitrations
From Jan. 2012 new CCMA guidelines dealing with misconduct arbitrations will apply. Click here to access them. They are designed to assist arbitrators, but will also provide a huge resource to anyone preparing for arbitration. Prof Alan Rycroft provides an overview of these guidelines..
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