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Anonymous

Good Day, Long story Short - My previous employer suspected me of theft and proceded with a theft case against me after personally going to see the investing officer three times I was arrested and thrown in jail after having to sell almost all my personal belongings to pay for a lawyer I was enventuall...

Anonymous

Good day For the past four years I used our company's pool car with fuel as part of my package (no formal contract but word of mouth), my employer has now sold the company and is leaving. I inquired about the perks that I have enjoyed for the past couple of years and was told that I will have to be taxed acco...

WORRIED WIFE

Good Day I would be most grateful if you someone could assist me with the following ambiguous issues. 1. In the case of a permanent employee, who works 45 hours per week (Monday to Friday 07h00 - 16h00), and is required to work overtime on a PUBLIC HOLIDAY that falls between a Monday and a Friday; he h...

Jules

My mother-in-law's (aged 63) contract ended in August 2011 and she then came down to Cape Town to seek employment. Unfortunately she has not been able to find work. Is she entitled to claim UIF or should she have done so within a certain time period?

Anonymous

Good Day, Long story Short - My previous employer suspected me of theft and proceded with a theft case against me after personally going to see the investing officer three times I was arrested and thrown in jail after having to sell almost all my personal belongings to pay for a lawyer I was enventuall...

Anonymous

Hi I would like to find out if it is fair if my employer makes a payroll mistake and the error is picked up after payroll submissions but over a week before salaries are due to be paid to want to pay the owed amount the following month, when they are able to deduct wage after payroll submissions when you have...

Connectsa

Our Tourism Office Manager is being offered a new contract with a reduction in salary to the minimum wage. Her old contract has been cancelled and She was asked some time during that contract to again take a reduction in salary or lose her job. A new tourism marketing manager has been employed on a 6 mon...

Anonymous

Good Day I need a little advise as to what choices I have. I went for a interview in Jan 2018 and was offered the job. I resigned from my current job and worked my 30 day notice. Two days before I had to start working at the new company I was informed there is a retrenchment process in place so when I star...

Anonymous

i WAS TREATED IN A RUDE MANNER BY ONE OF MY COLLEQUES. VERBAL MISUSE FROM A COLLEQUE WHO IS NOT A MANAGER IN HIS POSITION. HE WAS APPOINTED TO ASSIST ALL OF US IN THE OFFICE.. KLINDLY ADVISE ON THIS BEHAVIOUR PLEASE.

Anonymous

Good day Please advise on the following: Our company is in the hospitality sector. As the staff work long hours, they are compensated for this. So they work 6 weeks, then qualify for 2 weeks time off. However, we have an employee who wasn't able to take 2 weeks time off, as it was too busy, so he opted to...

Anonymous

I have been working with the company for 5 months. They offered me a salary increase, and I accepted it. Two months past with the salary increase, but on the third month following increase, my salary was reduced again. They say “ I do not qualify for over time after my initial increase, and therefore ove...

Anonymous

What is the legal implications or rights of an employee if an employer is deceased and failed to register employee with the UIF? The employer passed away more than five years ago.

Anonymous

Good day, the employer is charging me with gross negligence or gross insubordination for same charge. Can they do that

Anonymous

need some advice on termination of service. I started work on the 11th September 2017 last year and resigned on the 10 May 2018 giving her a full two weeks written notice. My boss refuses to accept my resignation and furthermore threatened to sue me should I leave now on the 25th May being my last day...

Anonymous

I am working for a company for over 9 years now. The company name changed recently BT everything else remained the same. We never get payslips and should I request 1 it takes months before I receive one I have reason to believe that my pension and uif amount is only from when the company name changed so...

Anonymous

Good day I urgently need advise regarding my current situation. I have two problems: 1. I am 7 months pregnant, I am employed for 9 months now and my employer has no intention to pay me during maternity leave. I found out today that even though my employer was deducting uif, according to my payslip, my em...

Anonymous

My son is having a disciplinary hearing because he left work early at times and came in late at times. He was confronted by the CEO yesterday and the CEO told him that in his opinion he should be dismissed and was suspended and will now need to attend a disciplinary hearing. Are you able to assist him in p...

Anonymous

My last day will be the 06/04/2018 and i asked after giving my 60 days notice if i can leave early and now they are saying they are going to keep my money due and not pay out or they will sue me like they said they will do if i dont give my 60 days is this really legal to do that?

Mark

Good day, can you please advise on my legal recourse if my company is consistently late in salary payments? This has been going on for more than a year now. As of now I am still waiting for March salary payment and no explanation or communication has been forthcoming. Please advise on what my rights are....

Anonymous

I was just wondering, Say for instance i sign my employment contract whereby I agree to work overtime but WITHOUT compensation, is this legal??? So I heard from people in the legal profession that it is part of the job when you are in this industry, you will always work overtime but it will be without pay...

Anonymous

Good Afternoon, I would like some advise please? They broke into our office building Easter Sunday night and stole all the laptops and External Hard drives.All my work backups was on the External due to the server running out of space and I was scared it was going to crash. My boss was aware of this si...

Anonymous

hi we are a small payroll company i am responsible for the payroll of 4 companies of which the biggest have 400 employees whos payroll im doing 1. i was originally employed as a office assistant not as a payroll administrator, i worked myself up to this position 2. over easter weekend the offices was b...

Anonymous

My son is having a disciplinary hearing because he left work early at times and came in late at times. He was confronted by the CEO yesterday and the CEO told him that in his opinion he should be dismissed and was suspended and will now need to attend a disciplinary hearing. Are you able to assist him in p...

Carol

hi there please i need your help. I was dismissed on Saturday evening after 8 o'clock. She send me a watsup not even phoning me. I did nothing wrong. No verbal or written warnings. Please let me know if you can help. I am now sitting without a job and she still has not paid my salary for this month. Th...

Anonymous

Hi. I'm new to this forum so please excuse me if this question has been asked and answered elsewhere already. The company i work for is in the process of merging with another company through a section 197 transfer. I understand that the law is clear that the employee may not be worse off in terms of employ...

Anonymous

I stayed out of work on the 15th December as I was 36 weeks pregnant and was not feeling well. I was supposed to be on maternity leave but could not go as the company had not gotten a temp for my position. I advised my manager that I would go to the doctor and did not go they asked me for a note and I said I would get...

Anonymous

When I was appointed (8 years ago), i advised the Recruiter from the corporate organisation that I was part owner of a business. I also indicated that the business had not secured any contracts but that I was actively marketing and pitching for work. The declaration was approved and I was requested to...

Anonymous

I received a verbal warning in January 2017.and a written warning in July 2017.and in February 2018 they gave me a final warning.for late Cumming.n I got dismissed

Anonymous

My employer gave me three written warnings on the same day, for the same offence, back dated... Is that legal? As I had not received any previous warnings I was shocked & now have a disciplinary hearing coming up... Can I appeal against a final written warning at the hearing & state reasons fo...

Anonymous

i have been working for this company for 11years already. i'm going on maternity leave end of march but i asked for my ui19 form in feb already and a few times after that aswell. the department of labour would've come and do a inspection on the place but never came and when my boss found that out he said he is...

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	Provident Fund Withhold (Preview) Good Day, Long story Short - My previous employer suspected me of theft and proceded with a theft case against me after personally going to see the investing officer three times I was arrested and thrown in jail after having to sell almost all my personal belongings to pay for a lawyer I was enventuall...	Anonymous	1	379	July 11th by Labour Protect
	Can fringe benefits be taken away? (Preview) Good day For the past four years I used our company's pool car with fuel as part of my package (no formal contract but word of mouth), my employer has now sold the company and is leaving. I inquired about the perks that I have enjoyed for the past couple of years and was told that I will have to be taxed acco...	Anonymous	0	392	July 5th by Anonymous
	MAXIMUM OVERTIME PER MONTH (Preview) Good Day I would be most grateful if you someone could assist me with the following ambiguous issues. 1. In the case of a permanent employee, who works 45 hours per week (Monday to Friday 07h00 - 16h00), and is required to work overtime on a PUBLIC HOLIDAY that falls between a Monday and a Friday; he h...	WORRIED WIFE	0	362	July 4th by WORRIED WIFE
	UIF enquiry (Preview) My mother-in-law's (aged 63) contract ended in August 2011 and she then came down to Cape Town to seek employment. Unfortunately she has not been able to find work. Is she entitled to claim UIF or should she have done so within a certain time period?	Jules	35	16024	June 29th by Anonymous
	Provident Fund Withhold (Preview) Good Day, Long story Short - My previous employer suspected me of theft and proceded with a theft case against me after personally going to see the investing officer three times I was arrested and thrown in jail after having to sell almost all my personal belongings to pay for a lawyer I was enventuall...	Anonymous	0	336	June 26th by Anonymous
	Overtime (Preview) Hi I would like to find out if it is fair if my employer makes a payroll mistake and the error is picked up after payroll submissions but over a week before salaries are due to be paid to want to pay the owed amount the following month, when they are able to deduct wage after payroll submissions when you have...	Anonymous	0	389	June 20th by Anonymous
	Reduced salary (Preview) Our Tourism Office Manager is being offered a new contract with a reduction in salary to the minimum wage. Her old contract has been cancelled and She was asked some time during that contract to again take a reduction in salary or lose her job. A new tourism marketing manager has been employed on a 6 mon...	Connectsa	1	336	June 20th by
	Bridge of contract (Preview) Good Day I need a little advise as to what choices I have. I went for a interview in Jan 2018 and was offered the job. I resigned from my current job and worked my 30 day notice. Two days before I had to start working at the new company I was informed there is a retrenchment process in place so when I star...	Anonymous	1	451	June 20th by LABOUR PROTECT
	FORMAL LETTER OF GRIEVANCE (Preview) i WAS TREATED IN A RUDE MANNER BY ONE OF MY COLLEQUES. VERBAL MISUSE FROM A COLLEQUE WHO IS NOT A MANAGER IN HIS POSITION. HE WAS APPOINTED TO ASSIST ALL OF US IN THE OFFICE.. KLINDLY ADVISE ON THIS BEHAVIOUR PLEASE.	Anonymous	1	383	June 20th by LABOUR PROTECT
	Overtime - take time off (Preview) Good day Please advise on the following: Our company is in the hospitality sector. As the staff work long hours, they are compensated for this. So they work 6 weeks, then qualify for 2 weeks time off. However, we have an employee who wasn't able to take 2 weeks time off, as it was too busy, so he opted to...	Anonymous	1	338	June 20th by LABOUR PROTECT
	Decrease In salary. (Preview) I have been working with the company for 5 months. They offered me a salary increase, and I accepted it. Two months past with the salary increase, but on the third month following increase, my salary was reduced again. They say “ I do not qualify for over time after my initial increase, and therefore ove...	Anonymous	1	365	June 20th by Anonymous
	deceased employer (Preview) What is the legal implications or rights of an employee if an employer is deceased and failed to register employee with the UIF? The employer passed away more than five years ago.	Anonymous	1	316	June 20th by LABOUR PROTECT
	Employer charging gross insubordination or gross negligence. (Preview) Good day, the employer is charging me with gross negligence or gross insubordination for same charge. Can they do that	Anonymous	1	324	June 20th by LABOUR PROTECT
	Termination of service (Preview) need some advice on termination of service. I started work on the 11th September 2017 last year and resigned on the 10 May 2018 giving her a full two weeks written notice. My boss refuses to accept my resignation and furthermore threatened to sue me should I leave now on the 25th May being my last day...	Anonymous	0	408	May 18th by Anonymous
	Is this fair (Preview) I am working for a company for over 9 years now. The company name changed recently BT everything else remained the same. We never get payslips and should I request 1 it takes months before I receive one I have reason to believe that my pension and uif amount is only from when the company name changed so...	Anonymous	0	346	May 14, 2018 by Anonymous
	pregnancy and maternity issues with employer (Preview) Good day I urgently need advise regarding my current situation. I have two problems: 1. I am 7 months pregnant, I am employed for 9 months now and my employer has no intention to pay me during maternity leave. I found out today that even though my employer was deducting uif, according to my payslip, my em...	Anonymous	0	359	May 2, 2018 by Anonymous
	Abuse of Company Time & Insubordination Charges against my son (Preview) My son is having a disciplinary hearing because he left work early at times and came in late at times. He was confronted by the CEO yesterday and the CEO told him that in his opinion he should be dismissed and was suspended and will now need to attend a disciplinary hearing. Are you able to assist him in p...	Anonymous	1	470	Apr 17, 2018 by Labour Protect
	My last day after resigning is 06/04/2018 (Preview) My last day will be the 06/04/2018 and i asked after giving my 60 days notice if i can leave early and now they are saying they are going to keep my money due and not pay out or they will sue me like they said they will do if i dont give my 60 days is this really legal to do that?	Anonymous	1	371	Apr 17, 2018 by Labour Protect
	Late salary payments (Preview) Good day, can you please advise on my legal recourse if my company is consistently late in salary payments? This has been going on for more than a year now. As of now I am still waiting for March salary payment and no explanation or communication has been forthcoming. Please advise on what my rights are....	Mark	1	404	Apr 17, 2018 by Labour Protect
	overtime per contract agreement but without compenstion (Preview) I was just wondering, Say for instance i sign my employment contract whereby I agree to work overtime but WITHOUT compensation, is this legal??? So I heard from people in the legal profession that it is part of the job when you are in this industry, you will always work overtime but it will be without pay...	Anonymous	1	816	Apr 5, 2018 by Ronaldo
	Dismissal for Company Burglary (Preview) Good Afternoon, I would like some advise please? They broke into our office building Easter Sunday night and stole all the laptops and External Hard drives.All my work backups was on the External due to the server running out of space and I was scared it was going to crash. My boss was aware of this si...	Anonymous	0	382	Apr 5, 2018 by Anonymous
	Held Liable for loss of company data after break in (Preview) hi we are a small payroll company i am responsible for the payroll of 4 companies of which the biggest have 400 employees whos payroll im doing 1. i was originally employed as a office assistant not as a payroll administrator, i worked myself up to this position 2. over easter weekend the offices was b...	Anonymous	0	336	Apr 5, 2018 by Anonymous
	Disciplinary Hearing for coming to work late on some occassions and leaving early on some occassions (Preview) My son is having a disciplinary hearing because he left work early at times and came in late at times. He was confronted by the CEO yesterday and the CEO told him that in his opinion he should be dismissed and was suspended and will now need to attend a disciplinary hearing. Are you able to assist him in p...	Anonymous	0	360	Mar 27, 2018 by Anonymous
	Unfair Dismissal (Preview) hi there please i need your help. I was dismissed on Saturday evening after 8 o'clock. She send me a watsup not even phoning me. I did nothing wrong. No verbal or written warnings. Please let me know if you can help. I am now sitting without a job and she still has not paid my salary for this month. Th...	Carol	0	379	Mar 26, 2018 by Carol
	Section 197 transfer (Preview) Hi. I'm new to this forum so please excuse me if this question has been asked and answered elsewhere already. The company i work for is in the process of merging with another company through a section 197 transfer. I understand that the law is clear that the employee may not be worse off in terms of employ...	Anonymous	0	370	Mar 23, 2018 by Anonymous
	Unfair labour practice (Preview) I stayed out of work on the 15th December as I was 36 weeks pregnant and was not feeling well. I was supposed to be on maternity leave but could not go as the company had not gotten a temp for my position. I advised my manager that I would go to the doctor and did not go they asked me for a note and I said I would get...	Anonymous	1	608	Mar 22, 2018 by lendaVax
	Conflict of Interest (Preview) When I was appointed (8 years ago), i advised the Recruiter from the corporate organisation that I was part owner of a business. I also indicated that the business had not secured any contracts but that I was actively marketing and pitching for work. The declaration was approved and I was requested to...	Anonymous	0	362	Mar 16, 2018 by Anonymous
	Is it fair (Preview) I received a verbal warning in January 2017.and a written warning in July 2017.and in February 2018 they gave me a final warning.for late Cumming.n I got dismissed	Anonymous	2	518	Mar 14, 2018 by Anonymous
	Is there a legal time frame of receiving written warnings? (Preview) My employer gave me three written warnings on the same day, for the same offence, back dated... Is that legal? As I had not received any previous warnings I was shocked & now have a disciplinary hearing coming up... Can I appeal against a final written warning at the hearing & state reasons fo...	Anonymous	0	357	Mar 13, 2018 by Anonymous
	maternity leave (Preview) i have been working for this company for 11years already. i'm going on maternity leave end of march but i asked for my ui19 form in feb already and a few times after that aswell. the department of labour would've come and do a inspection on the place but never came and when my boss found that out he said he is...	Anonymous	0	364	Mar 13, 2018 by Anonymous
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