Employment Conditions
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Contractors suffer big blow in union victory
By Ivan Israelstam In a previous article I explained that, where an undertaking of any kind is transferred to another undertaking as a going ... -
Contract of Employment : Example
Please note that it is not necessary to include the explanatory notes included in this sample. Employers are advised to delete these notes on ... -
Companies must aware of ’employee’ definition
Ivan Israelstam SECTION 213 of the Labour Relations Act (LRA) provides that an employee is anyone, other than an independent contractor, who works for ... -
Commission Work
Wholesale and Retail Sector (1) An employer and employee employed as a sales person may agree in writing that the employee will perform commission ... -
Can I exchange my annual leave for cash?
The employer is prohibited by section 20 (11) from paying an employee for annual leave except upon termination of employment. -
Calculation of accrual of leave – 1,25 days per month or 1,5 days per month.
Calculation of accrual of leave – 1,25 days per month or 1,5 days per month. If the employee is working a five-day week, then ... -
Calculation of accrual of annual leave – 1 hour for every 17 hours worked .
Calculation of accrual of annual leave – 1 hour for every 17 hours worked . An alternative method of calculating annual leave has been ... -
Bonuses Re-Visited
We have covered the subject of bonus payments in the previous newsletters, but once again we are being inundated with phone calls (and e-mails) ... -
The Payment of Bonuses: Re-Visited
We have covered the subject of bonus payments in previous newsletters, but once again we are being inundated with phone calls (and e-mails) from ... -
Beware pitfalls of utilising employment agencies
Ivan Israelstam Using surrogates does not exonerate employers from their legal obligations One of the many remarkable things about the Labour Relations Act (LRA) ...
