Contracts
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Terminating fixed-term contracts a headache
Terminating fixed-term contracts a headache Ivan Israelstam Until the new labour laws being currently discussed are implemented it will be easy to appoint a ... -
Withdrawal of job offers
Be careful of creating your own definitions Ivan Israelstam South Africa’s labour-law statutes do not deal with the situation where a job applicant has ... -
Who is an Employee? The question addressed
Who is an Employee? The question addressed This question still floated around on a daily basis. It is a fact that there are many ... -
Who is an Employee? The question addressed. (Part 2)
Continuing from Part 1 which was published last week, we firstly define the term ” rebuttable presumption.” A “rebuttable presumption” (Latin, praesumptio iuris tantum) ... -
Who is an Employee? The question addressed (Part 3)
Who is an Employee? The question addressed (Part 3) When looking deeper into the rebuttable presumption, one might conclude that it is sufficient for ... -
Who is an Employee? The question addressed. (Part 4)
Who is an Employee? The question addressed. (Part 4) The Code addresses the question of: when does a person becomes an employee? Disputes arise ... -
Who is an Employee ? The question addressed. (Part 5)
Who is an Employee ? The question addressed. (Part 5) Last week, we listed the 6 factors stated by the Appellate Division as factors ... -
When does an applicant become an employee?
Employers have to be careful when cancelling job contracts By Ivan Israelstam The courts have found that an employee is considered to be fully ... -
To Contract or not to Contract – that is the question
On a daily basis I still receive enquiries from employees stating that they have been working for anything from two months to five years ... -
The Importance of the Employment Contract
It is quite surprising just how many employers out there do not provide employment contracts. They seem to have some wild dream that “if ...
