Employers opt for retrenchment than disciplinary action

Labour Matters: Employers opt for retrenchment than disciplinary action May 19, 2016 Business Davies Ndumiso SibandaWith the coming into effect of the amended Labour Act No. 5 of 2015, the disciplinary process has become complex, expensive and an open ended liability for those organisations without in-house codes of conduct and has made retrenchment a cheaper option and …

Labour Matters: Pitfalls in handling discipline

Labour Matters: Pitfalls in handling discipline May 12, 2016 Business Davies Ndumiso SibandaMANY disciplinary authorities cost a lot of employers money due to negligently handling the disciplinary process. It is very common these days to find employers battling with costs related to wrongful dismissal of employees and in most cases these amounts are huge running into …

The law, workers and retrenchment

Labour Matters: The law, workers and retrenchment April 21, 2016 Business Davies Ndumiso SibandaMANY workers are being retrenched in terms of the amended labour legislation and end up losing the little offered by employers due to ignorance of the law. The starting point is to appreciate that our retrenchment legislation favours employers and workers have very …

How legal is the tripartite negotiating forum?

Labour Matters: How legal is the tripartite negotiating forum? April 7, 2016 Business Davies Ndumiso SibandaFOLLOWING the disastrous crafting of the Labour Amendment Act Number 5 of 2015 which has many implementation challenges, questions are now being asked about the relevance and the legality of the Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF). The legal position is that the …