CEA NEWS
March 20
09th March 2018 LABOUR BRIEF NO. 407 Can lapsed warnings be taken into account when an employee faces disciplinary action? Here is a typical scenario: An employee with a poor disciplinary record again transgresses, but the previous warnings for similar incidents have expired. May the employer consider the employee’s disciplinary history as a whole when…
February 10
09th February 2018 LABOUR BRIEF NO. 406 As a rule employers should give newly-appointed employees some time to settle in before deciding on their suitability for the job. But would it be fair to expect an employee appointed to a high level job to ‘hit the ground running’? The guidelines for dealing with probation (Item…
January 24
There is currently a lot of pressure on the recruitment industry, much of which is made up of SME players. The changes in legislation, exacerbated by the uncertainty with regards to the impact of the “deeming provision” within the LRAA (currently subject to legal reviews), has caused business and job losses. The rapidly changing World…
November 07
09th November 2017 LABOUR BRIEF NO. 405 Over the past few months, the taxation of foreign employment income earned by South African residents and the proposal by National Treasury (Treasury) to repeal the provision that exempted such income from the payment of tax, has drawn a lot of attention. Most recently, Treasury indicated that it…
October 27
09th September 2017 LABOUR BRIEF NO. 404 Employers fairly frequently demote employees. This could be for any of many legitimate and illegitimate reasons including: • The boss dislikes the employee • The employee has broken a rule • The employee’s work performance is unsatisfactory • The boss wants to create a vacancy for somebody else…
August 14
09th August 2017 LABOUR BRIEF NO. 403 Overview Temporary Employment Services, also known as labour brokers, has been much in the spotlight amidst trade union demands for its abolition. One particular problem is violations of the rights of labour brokers’ employees in terms of contractual arrangements with their clients. In Groenewald / Keystone Projects Recruitment…
August 03
To view that latest news flash from Capes please click on the link below: Capes News Flash 31.07.2017 To view the Assign application please click on the link below: Assign Application
July 24
24 July 2017 Article republished courtesy of CAPES On 10 July 2017, the Labour Appeal Court handed down its Judgment in the Assign Services matter. This relates to the latest stage of legal action taken to gain certainty about the interpretation of the LRA amendments, particularly clause s198A commonly known as the “deeming provision”. Essentially,…
July 17
To view the document please click on the link below: Capes Press Release Update Assign LAC Judgement
June 13
Stats SA Quarterly Labour Force Survey
