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Domestic Worker
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Good day. My live-in domestic worker went on maternity leave from end November 2018. I have a temp who is assisting me since February. When she told me that she was pregnant, she indicated that the baby's granny will look after the baby. Since the baby was born early, in December she told me that she will...
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Anonymous
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Apr 25, 2019
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Salary increase
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I have been given an additional role and job description at the beginning of this year . Is it possible To ask for an increase in salary ? What are the laws around this . I was initially employed as a marketing assistant and now have been given the role of a service coordinator . So currently I am performing...
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Anonymous
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2264
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Apr 24, 2019
by LABOUR PROTECT
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Unfair Dismissal
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A seemingly ordinary company hired me on a 1 month probation period, and provided me with all the tools to perform my work.
Before commencing probation, I signed a contract that states the document “is not an employment contract”, and classified me as a probationary “private service provider”.
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Anonymous
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Apr 24, 2019
by LABOUR PROTECT
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Labour broker not paying my salary after my contract ended
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Its been 7 days after i worked my last notice day and the labour broker says i must wait till month end for my salary. I have since gotten a job offer and they promised my salary 4 days ago. Today i phoned them and they said sorry their client must sign off invoice otherwise they cant pay him. The labour law st...
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Anonymous
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2223
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Apr 24, 2019
by LABOUR PROTECT
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Annual leave and pregnancy discrimination
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Good day, Please could you advise me on the following. I am 10 weeks pregnant and my employer has already been informed. Last year I took on another department, however this year in an email the manager said he would not be inclined to give me a pay raise for the incresed duties and would wait till I com...
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Anonymous
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Feb 19, 2019
by Anonymous
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Restructuring/Section 189/apply for other Positions
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Good day. Need some information or advice or direction... Company I am working for is busy with section 189 retrenchments. This started a while ago and have consulted with unions. They also offered Voluntary packages and that process is completed. They are now done with the restructure and due to...
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Anonymous
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URGENT PLEASE HELP! Notice of Incapacity enquiry ill health
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Im a security guard working as a control room operator which suppose to get paid for grade C but get paid for Grade D anyways.. I urgently need advice please. I just got aa letter from work of a notice of incapacity enquiry : ill health ..now i have a disciplinary hearing in 3 days. It all started when they w...
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Anonymous
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Dec 4, 2018
by Labour Protect
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Annual leave and shutdown period
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I would like to know if it is fair labour practice to expect from your employees to take more annual leave over the shut down period then what the company is given.Scenario is as follows: Employer wants us to close on the 30th November and open around the 7th or 14th January. Now my concern is that we only g...
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Please Help!!!
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Hi There,
I am in desperate need if sime advice.
It is a rather long story so I do appreciate your time. Here goes.
I was employed by a company at the end of January this year. I worked for three months without a contract as my employer wanted to make sure I was able to do the required job, as he had been 'd...
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Anonymous
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Tools of the trade (definition) and performance in the work place without the required tools
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Hi Labour Protect team and readers i have a question that i cant seem to get answers on: Our employer (ISP, Climbing of towers, installing equipment on sometimes 100m) NO OHS at all, no appointments not risk assessments , no fall protection plans , no PPE (some harnesses but not enough), no fire fight...
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Mark Mollentze
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Nov 22, 2018
by Mark Mollentze
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Unfair Dismissal
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I'm representing my brother who is also a collegue, in a matter regarding misconduct, we sat down for arbitration on the 8th of October this year and the case was postponed by the commissioner, I would like to know if I can refer it to Labour Court since the whole month has flown by, in line with section 19...
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Anonymous
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Nov 21, 2018
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Unfair Dismissal
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I'm representing my brother who is also a collegue, in a matter regarding misconduct, we sat down for arbitration on the 8th of October this year and the case was postponed by the commissioner, I would like to know if I can refer it to Labour Court since the whole month has flown by, in line with section 19...
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Anonymous
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Nov 21, 2018
by LABOUR PROTECT
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Disciplinary hearing
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Good day, I would like to know , how long must you wait for an outcome at a disciplinary hearing
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Anonymous
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Nov 5, 2018
by LABOUR PROTECT
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Substance abuse and dismissal
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Hi, I had a disciplinary hearing today and was found guilty of unauthorised absence as well as submitting a fraudulent dr's note. I however suffer from a drug problem which has been getting worse resulting in my regular absence from work and subsequent hearing. I'm afraid of approaching my employer...
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Anonymous
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Nov 2, 2018
by Labour Protect
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Incentives and resignation
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I was employed from March to October as admin at a Real Estate Company and during this time my contract states that with all successful sales I am to receive an incentive on the transfer of the property. I have resigned and there are a number of properties that have not transferred yet am I still entitled...
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Angie
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Nov 2, 2018
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Polygraph - Urgent
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There has been no investigation & no charges relating to alleged theft in our office. We have not been told exactly what's gone & when the alleged offense occurred. Security has been looking through camera footage, but is yet to find anything. Staff has been told that we will all be doing poly...
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Anonymous
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Oct 24, 2018
by Anonymous
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Provident fund not paid
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My husband has worked for the company for 12 years. We have only now discovered that by the end of this month, 14 months of his provident fund has not been paid. This includes the amount that is deducted from his salary on a monthly basis as well as there portion (as per his contract agreement). Neithe...
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Anonymous
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2678
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Oct 19, 2018
by LABOUR PROTECT
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Dismissal
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I shoot by mistake when i was o duty at work then i was given a final warning without a written warning after that they booked me for a hearing can i be dismissed
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Anonymous
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2272
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Oct 19, 2018
by LABOUR PROTECT
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Subsistence travel leave and pay?
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Is there any basic employment law governing subsistence travel?
If employee is sent out the Sunday
Returns the Thursday
1. Are there any days which are due the person in terms of recoup entry or family day.
2. Company pays food and accommodation in host country so would any other money be due to sta...
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Anonymous
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2172
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Oct 19, 2018
by LABOUR PROTECT
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working hours
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There is a new manager at my workplace and he says we are working less than the required hours a week. I clock in at 6:30 and clock out at 16:00 from Monday to Thursday then on Friday I clock out at 14:00. I want to know if I am robbing the company or not. And with the working hours does that mean at 06:30 I should...
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Anonymous
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2103
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Oct 19, 2018
by LABOUR PROTECT
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Warnings for tone in messages or writing style
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Good day, please advise if warnings may be given based on the tone of a text message. To my understanding the tone of a msg is perceived, I standard professional msg provide basic info. If person reads it as toned wrong its their perception?
Can a warning be issued for this?
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Anonymous
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2323
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Oct 19, 2018
by LABOUR PROTECT
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Retrenchment - UI19
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My employer has not submitted a UI19 to the department to inform them of my retrenchment. I was unaware until the agency I employed to handle the UIF claim for me informed me that the department has no record of my retrenchment. My time is now up as it has been six months (thats how long this has been going o...
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Anonymous
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2081
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Oct 12, 2018
by Anonymous
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Section 38 (a) Education
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Issue: In 2008 the then SGB Body took an SGB employee earning let's say R8000 and moved this employee to a GDE post which was only paying R5000.00 with the agreement that the SGB would top up the balance of R3000.00. This lady has been under this arrangement until 2017 when it was discovered that this i...
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Anonymous
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Sep 19, 2018
by Anonymous
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Pension and uif
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I would like to know if i go on early pension will uif deduct an amount from my pension fund
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Anonymous
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2498
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Sep 10, 2018
by Anonymous
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Transfer request
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I requested a trAnsfer from Dbn to Jhb in 2015, the company assisted and found me the same position in management in Jhb. Recently my husband got a promotion and it is in Dbn. I requested a transfer back to Dbn but within the 3 years in Jhb, I was promoted 2 times and my salary increased. The company has acce...
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Missy786
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Drivers and Drivers assistance lunch break
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Good day How does lunch break work for drivers and their assistants in the truck ? Flexi lunch ?
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Anonymous
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Very Urgent!!!
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Good day,We need some advice please.My wife is leaving her current job after being with the company on a permanent basis for 6 months.She attended a short training course which the company paid for and now deducted the full amount from her final paycheck.They do not have a clause in her contract makin...
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Anonymous
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2245
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Aug 29, 2018
by Anonymous
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Training Deduction
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Good day, We need some advice please. My wife is leaving her current job after being with the company on a permanent basis for 6 months. She attended a short training course which the company paid for and now deducted the full amount from her final paycheck. They do not have a clause in her contract makin...
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Anonymous
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2363
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Aug 29, 2018
by Anonymous
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Final Written Warning
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I was on leave for six days, I was advised by my manager to log the leave 5min before end of shift. I did that in a hurry but logged only for 5 days. My leave was from the 1st of August 2018 to the 8th of August 2018.I was suppose to be back the Friday the 10th August 2018. I was suppose to have worked the Satu...
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Anonymous
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2291
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Aug 17, 2018
by Anonymous
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Probation
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Good morning,
I wanted to please find out if I'm still on my 3 months (2 months in)probation and I was told that I am not needed any longer(nothing bad, just no longer needed). And I get asked to leave immediately(13th of August). What is the law for my salary, do the owe me a full month's salary and do the...
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Anonymous
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Aug 16, 2018
by Anonymous
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