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Anonymous

Hi there, I received a job offer from a company which I happy to join. However my current employer has a retraint of trade in the contract. The offer from the new employer is insanely amazing how do I get around my retraint of trade. Note I am a Reconciliation supervisor and the new role is a settlement man...

Cape Town Curious

Hi. I am a teacher at a small private school. I have basically been given the ultimatum of leaving the school in the new year or taking on an extra grade (I teach all subjects), with no extra pay (so double the work for no increase). The school is obviously saving us they are getting read of the other grade'...

Anonymous

I am currently living abroad, but I have an bank account in South Africa held for about 14years. Is there a maximum time that the bank may keep it on hold and then release it to the government ?

Anonymous

Unmarried mom to toddler twins,their dad wants them to visit the house he shares with his family ,including a alcoholic brother ,they grow Marijuana on the property and the alcohol and Marijuana is always left around the house within the children's reach . The dad has a short temper and sees the todd...

Anonymous

Greetings i am working as ward Councilors PA under uMshwathi municipality. Yesterday the guuy came and ask me to write and submit to him a letter containing the reasons why i should not be fired from the work. i then ask him why should i write such a letter because i haven't done anything wrong and no on...

Anonymous

i want to divorce my husband whom i am married in community of property. how do i go about the process

Anonymous

Our company recently started consulting with us with regards to section 189, noting "organisational restructure" as the reason for retrenchments. However this seems to be a farce to reduce salaries of long-standing employees. There are a number of long-standing employees who have been in the c...

Anonymous

There is a review application that was refer ed to Labour Court in 2019, the commissioner had decided to dismiss the matter just because an represented employee could not give him an opening statement. The matter has been setdown before 4 judges, one of them intimated that the matter must be reverted...

Anonymous

There is a review application that was refer ed to Labour Court in 2019, the commissioner had decided to dismiss the matter just because an represented employee could not give him an opening statement. The matter has been setdown before 4 judges, one of them intimated that the matter must be reverted...

Anonymous

I would like to know if Labour Protect have helped you in the past? I have been their client for more than 10 years but I needed them 2 years back and they never showed up and right now I am in need of them the phone just keeps on ringing and I am not so sure if I will get help from there. Does it work for you?

Anonymous

I am unemeployed several years ago my overdraft account was sent to lawyers by the bank and for several years I made monthly payments but dues to financial difficulties I was unable to pay the full amount but have been making some small payments. Despite this, they have issued a summons although I have...

Anonymous

Hi my girlfriend gets singled out at work,she is a star employee in the section where she has t work,but her manager is always talking to her in a manner thats not right,he she someone else is doing and would say things like this the consistency i want but that one pointing at her ha a,also told her that she...

Fudzie

Good Day. I need some advice and guidance pertaining to using a standard Last Will & Testament template, that's to be printed, filled in and signed. I'm the eldest son of 3 siblings, full time caregiver of both chronic elderly parents. This pertains to my father who neglected to sort this out wh...

Anonymous

Good Morning, Hope you doing great, my company book for trip to Germany for their business for meet to meeting clients, all documents prepared by the company but somehow they did count days properly to be in Germany which I end up overstaying, so now they told me they are not responsible for anything, h...

Anonymous

how do I get 50/50 custody for child as I can’t afford maintenance

Martin

Hi,I applied for a driver job at one of the company in Gauteng province,but I couldn't find it because of wrongfully creminal background check done on my behalf. What transpired is that my identity number was only used to do that creminal records check ,but not fingerprints.And found that from the...

Anonymous

My business partner and I have recently gotten into a dispute, after he publicly accused me of being a thief. We are 50-50 partners and I have requested that I be bought out of the company. The business is small and only opened at the end of April. Because of this, I have asked that he only repay me the funds...

Anonymous

When resigning is my company supposed to pay out my remaining public holidays alongside my remaining leave?

Anonymous

I have been trying to get divorced for almost 2 years now. We got a family advocate involved and they gave us a recommendation. The lawyers set up a settlement agreement, but my ex is MIA and we can't get him to sign it. Will the court grant me a divorce without his signature based on the recommendation o...

Anonymous

I was with my ex boyfriend, for 14yrs. We have 2 daughters together aged 11 and 9.We lived together for about 10yrs, in this time I was always the only one working. If ever he worked, he never kept a job. After years of emotional, physical, verbal, mental and financial abuse from him, I decided it was not...

Anonymous

Good day, I need assistance as to how I can get an investigation done on a suicide death of a deceased who suffered tremendous verbal and emotional abuse prior to the suicide. All whatsapp and email messages are deleted and the event is conveniently kicked under the carpet. All about inheritance.

Anonymous

Good day, Are there free law services to help and advice on business agreements?

Anonymous

Basically, all that I want to know is: Is there a way of determining whether there is currently a warrant out for your arrest? Also, is there a way of finding out whether you are being investigated for a crime? I have even tried calling Legal Aid and they just gave me an, "eish, we don't know, you must talk t...

Anonymous

Hello Can I claim my divorce shares after 18 years, I divorced my father of my children but he is not supporting them ,so they children they tried to apply nsfas but they got rejected with results of one the parent is earning more than R350k annually and I'm not working. I left him with everything ...

Anonymous

Hi i want to now what to do or how can help met woth child maintenance. My oldest son is 8 since birth his father did not pay anything for the child all the bills and stuff i paid for he never get in touch with me recently he start talking to me some months he gave R 500 some if you lucky R 1000 then he talks a while n...

Anonymous

Is someone allowed to work during maternity leave?

Anonymous

How to lodge an appeal to court Verdict which was based on unfair treatment

Anonymous

I began working the 11th April 2023 and at the time of my employment was not working for almost 2 years. I was unfortunately short on my travelling fare and approached my new colleagues for a some financial help to cover my travelling expenses. I emailed them and settled those payments the 25th April...

Anonymous

Is it my right to know the salary range of the position I have been offered?

Anonymous

what are my legal rights when working for a narcissistic manager. Im not allowed to look away from my screen during meetings, literally my eyes are not allowed to move away from the screen. The manager has screamed at us, has sworn at us in a boardroom, is forcing us to engage with work colleagues (that'...

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	Restraint of trade (Preview) Hi there, I received a job offer from a company which I happy to join. However my current employer has a retraint of trade in the contract. The offer from the new employer is insanely amazing how do I get around my retraint of trade. Note I am a Reconciliation supervisor and the new role is a settlement man...	Anonymous	0	900	Nov 1, 2023 by Anonymous
	Teachers at Private School (Preview) Hi. I am a teacher at a small private school. I have basically been given the ultimatum of leaving the school in the new year or taking on an extra grade (I teach all subjects), with no extra pay (so double the work for no increase). The school is obviously saving us they are getting read of the other grade'...	Cape Town Curious	0	833	Oct 19, 2023 by Cape Town Curious
	BANK ACCOUNT HOLD (Preview) I am currently living abroad, but I have an bank account in South Africa held for about 14years. Is there a maximum time that the bank may keep it on hold and then release it to the government ?	Anonymous	0	861	Oct 11, 2023 by Anonymous
	Child custody (Preview) Unmarried mom to toddler twins,their dad wants them to visit the house he shares with his family ,including a alcoholic brother ,they grow Marijuana on the property and the alcohol and Marijuana is always left around the house within the children's reach . The dad has a short temper and sees the todd...	Anonymous	0	780	Oct 11, 2023 by Anonymous
	harassment and verbal abuse in the work place by my boss (Preview) Greetings i am working as ward Councilors PA under uMshwathi municipality. Yesterday the guuy came and ask me to write and submit to him a letter containing the reasons why i should not be fired from the work. i then ask him why should i write such a letter because i haven't done anything wrong and no on...	Anonymous	1	745	Oct 5, 2023 by Anonymous
	Divorce (Preview) i want to divorce my husband whom i am married in community of property. how do i go about the process	Anonymous	1	812	Oct 5, 2023 by Anonymous
	Company using section 189 restructure as a front to reduce salaries for long-standing employees (Preview) Our company recently started consulting with us with regards to section 189, noting "organisational restructure" as the reason for retrenchments. However this seems to be a farce to reduce salaries of long-standing employees. There are a number of long-standing employees who have been in the c...	Anonymous	0	700	Sep 28, 2023 by Anonymous
	Finalization of a matter (Preview) There is a review application that was refer ed to Labour Court in 2019, the commissioner had decided to dismiss the matter just because an represented employee could not give him an opening statement. The matter has been setdown before 4 judges, one of them intimated that the matter must be reverted...	Anonymous	0	656	Sep 28, 2023 by Anonymous
	Finalization of a matter (Preview) There is a review application that was refer ed to Labour Court in 2019, the commissioner had decided to dismiss the matter just because an represented employee could not give him an opening statement. The matter has been setdown before 4 judges, one of them intimated that the matter must be reverted...	Anonymous	0	659	Sep 28, 2023 by Anonymous
	Does Labour Protect work for you? (Preview) I would like to know if Labour Protect have helped you in the past? I have been their client for more than 10 years but I needed them 2 years back and they never showed up and right now I am in need of them the phone just keeps on ringing and I am not so sure if I will get help from there. Does it work for you?	Anonymous	1	741	Sep 28, 2023 by Anonymous
	Debt- summons (Preview) I am unemeployed several years ago my overdraft account was sent to lawyers by the bank and for several years I made monthly payments but dues to financial difficulties I was unable to pay the full amount but have been making some small payments. Despite this, they have issued a summons although I have...	Anonymous	0	646	Sep 20, 2023 by Anonymous
	Verbal abuse (Preview) Hi my girlfriend gets singled out at work,she is a star employee in the section where she has t work,but her manager is always talking to her in a manner thats not right,he she someone else is doing and would say things like this the consistency i want but that one pointing at her ha a,also told her that she...	Anonymous	0	619	Sep 20, 2023 by Anonymous
	Correct Steps to ensure Last Will is valid - using Bank's standard online template (Preview) Good Day. I need some advice and guidance pertaining to using a standard Last Will & Testament template, that's to be printed, filled in and signed. I'm the eldest son of 3 siblings, full time caregiver of both chronic elderly parents. This pertains to my father who neglected to sort this out wh...	Fudzie	0	582	Sep 16, 2023 by Fudzie
	Overstaying in Germany (Preview) Good Morning, Hope you doing great, my company book for trip to Germany for their business for meet to meeting clients, all documents prepared by the company but somehow they did count days properly to be in Germany which I end up overstaying, so now they told me they are not responsible for anything, h...	Anonymous	0	552	Sep 15, 2023 by Anonymous
	50/50 child custody (Preview) how do I get 50/50 custody for child as I can’t afford maintenance	Anonymous	0	584	Sep 12, 2023 by Anonymous
	Creminal records check (Preview) Hi,I applied for a driver job at one of the company in Gauteng province,but I couldn't find it because of wrongfully creminal background check done on my behalf. What transpired is that my identity number was only used to do that creminal records check ,but not fingerprints.And found that from the...	Martin	1	910	Sep 7, 2023 by Anonymous
	Business partner buy out (Preview) My business partner and I have recently gotten into a dispute, after he publicly accused me of being a thief. We are 50-50 partners and I have requested that I be bought out of the company. The business is small and only opened at the end of April. Because of this, I have asked that he only repay me the funds...	Anonymous	0	498	Sep 7, 2023 by Anonymous
	Public Holiday Pay (Preview) When resigning is my company supposed to pay out my remaining public holidays alongside my remaining leave?	Anonymous	0	468	Aug 30, 2023 by Anonymous
	Can a court grant a divorce if I have a recommendation from the Family Advocate (Preview) I have been trying to get divorced for almost 2 years now. We got a family advocate involved and they gave us a recommendation. The lawyers set up a settlement agreement, but my ex is MIA and we can't get him to sign it. Will the court grant me a divorce without his signature based on the recommendation o...	Anonymous	0	485	Aug 29, 2023 by Anonymous
	Harassment and threats from ex (Preview) I was with my ex boyfriend, for 14yrs. We have 2 daughters together aged 11 and 9.We lived together for about 10yrs, in this time I was always the only one working. If ever he worked, he never kept a job. After years of emotional, physical, verbal, mental and financial abuse from him, I decided it was not...	Anonymous	0	527	Aug 12, 2023 by Anonymous
	Want to proof emotional abuse prior to a deceased suicide (Preview) Good day, I need assistance as to how I can get an investigation done on a suicide death of a deceased who suffered tremendous verbal and emotional abuse prior to the suicide. All whatsapp and email messages are deleted and the event is conveniently kicked under the carpet. All about inheritance.	Anonymous	0	487	Aug 9, 2023 by Anonymous
	Business contract (Preview) Good day, Are there free law services to help and advice on business agreements?	Anonymous	0	484	Aug 7, 2023 by Anonymous
	Is there a way of checking if there is a warrant or investigation? (Preview) Basically, all that I want to know is: Is there a way of determining whether there is currently a warrant out for your arrest? Also, is there a way of finding out whether you are being investigated for a crime? I have even tried calling Legal Aid and they just gave me an, "eish, we don't know, you must talk t...	Anonymous	0	540	Jul 19, 2023 by Anonymous
	Divorce shares (Preview) Hello Can I claim my divorce shares after 18 years, I divorced my father of my children but he is not supporting them ,so they children they tried to apply nsfas but they got rejected with results of one the parent is earning more than R350k annually and I'm not working. I left him with everything ...	Anonymous	0	610	Jun 28, 2023 by Anonymous
	Maintenance child (Preview) Hi i want to now what to do or how can help met woth child maintenance. My oldest son is 8 since birth his father did not pay anything for the child all the bills and stuff i paid for he never get in touch with me recently he start talking to me some months he gave R 500 some if you lucky R 1000 then he talks a while n...	Anonymous	0	591	Jun 24, 2023 by Anonymous
	Working during maternity leave (Preview) Is someone allowed to work during maternity leave?	Anonymous	0	580	Jun 22, 2023 by Anonymous
	Harassment (Preview) How to lodge an appeal to court Verdict which was based on unfair treatment	Anonymous	0	576	Jun 15, 2023 by Anonymous
	Unfair Dismissal (Preview) I began working the 11th April 2023 and at the time of my employment was not working for almost 2 years. I was unfortunately short on my travelling fare and approached my new colleagues for a some financial help to cover my travelling expenses. I emailed them and settled those payments the 25th April...	Anonymous	0	614	May 24, 2023 by Anonymous
	Salary scale request (Preview) Is it my right to know the salary range of the position I have been offered?	Anonymous	0	608	May 17, 2023 by Anonymous
	Narcissistic manager at work (Preview) what are my legal rights when working for a narcissistic manager. Im not allowed to look away from my screen during meetings, literally my eyes are not allowed to move away from the screen. The manager has screamed at us, has sworn at us in a boardroom, is forcing us to engage with work colleagues (that'...	Anonymous	0	665	May 10, 2023 by Anonymous
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