Freelancers or employees? This is one of the questions which crosses an entrepreneur’s mind when they start a business or decide to expand. The answer you will get most of the time is that it depends. Are you a retail shop? Then you will need to employ full-time and part-time staff. Are you a graphic […]
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Article provided by Xero Get the best from new employees by making them part of your company vision, says Gary Turner, managing director of EMEA, Xero. Here, he offers advice on recruiting and managing staff. US president Theodore Roosevelt summed up the balancing act all employers face when he said: ‘The best leader is the […]
Article by lvan lsraelstam, Chief Executive of Labour Law Management Consulting Schedule 8 of the Labour Relations Act (LRA) states that included amongst offences that might merit dismissal for a first offence are wilful endangering of the safety of others and physical assault. Assault at the workplace is normally seen as serious misconduct because of: the […]
Article provided by Sanlam and written by Jan Truter from Labourwise. The existence of valid or reasonable rules is a prerequisite for effective and fair discipline in the workplace. Employees also need to be made aware of these rules, and the rules have to be consistently applied. But how high may the employer set the […]
Your employee is one of most valuable resources in your company. If you encourage them to grow to be the best employees they can be, they will become great brand advocates and help in the promotion of your business. It is important to identify the hidden talents of your employees and tap into them. You […]
Article by lvan lsraelstam, Chief Executive of Labour Law Management Consulting The courts are required to ask three key questions when deciding whether a retrenchment is fair: Did the employer follow the statutory retrenchment consultation procedure? Did the employer have a genuine and fair operational reason for retrenching? Did the employer apply acceptable retrenchment criteria?
Article by lvan lsraelstam, Chief Executive of Labour Law Management Consulting Misunderstanding of the purpose and legal meaning of ‘probation’ causes employers and employees serious problems. Probation is incorrectly believed to be a license to fire the probationary employee: if the employer wants to make space for another prospective employee (eg. a friend, nephew or auntie […]
