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Anonymous

having to pay back percentage paid to me by employer during maternity leave. ( we have stipulated in our contract a repayment should we resign before 4 months after returning from maternity leave) Regards and thank you!

Anonymous

Good Day I am not a member yet but would like to know if i can be assisted if i join Labour Protect My last increase was in 2013 We don't have meeting to discuss the matter, unless we the staff request a meeting Last meeting was in 2016 Employment contract states 13th birthday cheque Kind Regards V

Anonymous

Good day I have recently been issued with a final written warning for not communicating with my line manager. I went to the doctor on an Monday and was booked off for two days with an follow-up on the Wednesday where I have been booked off for two more days (Thursday and Friday) Due to illness I could not...

Anonymous

I started working for a private company 17/04/2017. In the interview verbal agreements were made. I was never given a written contract. Employer always had an excuse and was very intimidating when questioned. No payslips or even Confirmation of employment letter was ever given, even I request...

Anonymous

I would like to know if your company may put you on short time without singing any documents and must employees be paid a night shift allowance.

Anonymous

I have been employed by company for 7 months, Last month whilst preparing the company overtime approval report to be signed off by the directors and all managers, I added my overtime to the report as I was not allowed to claim for the last six months but wanted to claim for this month and was expecting the...

Anonymous

Hi If you are retrenched, and you start claiming UIF only a few months later (still within the 6 month period you can apply for UIF), should the UIF Payment amount be from the date of unemployment to the claim date, or from when you started claiming unemployment only? I was retrenched Oct 2017, st...

Anonymous

I am a consultant working directly for a consulting house, and contracted to a client. A client of the client where i am based wants me to come work for them. As far as i can see, the restraint is only if i am employed directly by my companies client.

Anonymous

Can an employer cancel a group pension scheme where this is stated as a benefit in a letter of appointment? What recourse do employees have?

Anonymous

Good afternoon I need some clarification regarding a Notice in terms of section 189A (Mass retrenchments) issued to all of us. Our Employer is currently considering restructuring its organization in an attempt to better streamline it Organizational Structure. Stated in the notice "The Empl...

Anonymous

hi, I would like to know if the temporary agency workers are Eligible for a contract if they have worked for the same employer for more than 6 months? I Have been working with the same employer for 8-9 months doing full time hours, but now they dont Have work for us and refusing to give us more than 4 hours a...

Anonymous

I have a employee that needs to attend antenatal visits. The "code of good practice" do imply that she is not allowed to take annual leave. How does this work. Our company is saying that if she is away for 3-4 hours(antenatal visits through the government), she has to sign the hours that she did not atten...

Anonymous

I would like to find out about employers requesting a sick note for an independent contractor. The day taken off as a sick day was a Tuesday. The Independent contractor informed their manager that they were ill and would not make it into the office. HR has said that they need to provide a sick note for the...

Anonymous

I had a domestic worker that decide to retire and now she denies that she wanted to retire. As Iam financially not able to cover additional cost on my budget I offered to pay her at least her salary on her retirement for 3 months as this is all i could afford. She now claims that she twisted her ankle(about 2...

Anonymous

Hi, I work in a public entity and the board is our executive authority. My contract stipulated that I was remunerated on a cost to company basis and must contribute 7.5% to a provident fund. The board then took a decision to make it compulsory for all staff members to contribute 20.5% by 2019 April. I did...

Anonymous

Good day. In my contract it is stipulated that I get 1 half day per month. Each year we receive an Email with the dates of the half days. In previous years I often wouldn't take them out of loyalty to the company and just being a hard worker in general. Last week I took my mandated half day as my new wife was due...

Anonymous

been with company for 19 and a half years. today I get an e-mail cause due to my salary level I will not get any bonus. 3 or 4 people who are managers also didn't get a bonus. I am not a manager, but I was told a month ago by one of the Managers that the Financial director has said that I don't warrant for my salary...

Janine

Hi I worked for a large company for 9 years. They have terminated my employment via a termination letter stating that I RESIGNED. I never resigned. They dismissed me. Now I can't claim UIF, because the company has lied on the termination letter.

Anonymous

I have been working for this company for ten years but the guys that got employed after me are being promoted as my superiors is this Fair?

Anonymous

I was my 2nd day with the flu. the 1st day evening, I spoke with the provider that I work for, and mentioned to him that I will not be in on the 2nd day, he was completely ok with that, and mentioned that the management has cover for our team. I told him that I will also let the supervisor know in the morning if I d...

Antoinette

We are relocating and retrenching our domestic worker who turned 60 recently. Can she claim UIF if she receives her gov pension. Her Salary with us is 3 times what the gov pension will be, so her income has significantly reduced? aoosthuizen@gmail.com

Anonymous

Hi there, need advice my boss threw me with a piece paper that he rolled into a little ball in my face and in front of customers shouted on me and utter u are stupid and its part of who you are. In his office I was threaten that he will get people in to have me fired. A day later me chair was taken away from me and I h...

Anonymous

I have in an unintentional theft case .An Hr admin lady was charged of theft.She borrowed a usb cable from a guy who is a consultant and he was in an office that does not belong to him so he gave the lady permission to use the usb stick.the lady later bring the stick he was not there.She goes home with it in the...

Anonymous

I have in an unintentional theft case .An Hr admin lady was charged of theft.She borrowed a usb cable from a guy who is a consultant and he was in an office that does not belong to him so he gave the lady permission to use the usb stick.the lady later bring the stick he was not there.She goes home with it in the...

Anonymous

i'm a shift worker when i'm on duty on sunday wich is a public holiday i dont get paid double as the law says but i get paid by sunday payment. and again i work 48 hours a week and our collectiv e agreement say 40 hours a week i dont get payment for exceeding hours

Anonymous

Hi All I want to cancel my RA as I have a personal dilemma to sort out but because I have more than R7500 in the fund . I have been told I cannot claim it , I require this money urgently . can anyone please help with this question .

R Rossouw

Hi. I have been working as a resort manager for 16 years without any WPE and i got a final written warning on the 10th of December 2017 for not being at work at 12pm on a Sunday. Then i got a notice of suspension on the 4th of January 2018 and was forced to leave the premises immediately where i have been livi...

Papafentse

I have been busy with a claim since October I have been going to the offices twice a week now and everytime am being help by a different person as they can't help me.. I have claim and been giving a date for my next pay date .. the problem is since October I haven't even paid once. My first claim keeps being p...

Anonymous

An employee initiated a C-1 workers compensation injury form send it to her manager in August. The form was never sent over to the workers comp department from her manager. Would this be an unfair labor charge against management.

Anonymous

Hi, My work has just informed me that although they are generally happy with how I am performing in my role, they feel that someone else in the organisation can do it better. That person is getting promoted to my position, and I am being moved to another. Personally I see it as a demotion but it's not bein...

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	Resigning whilst pregnant (Preview) having to pay back percentage paid to me by employer during maternity leave. ( we have stipulated in our contract a repayment should we resign before 4 months after returning from maternity leave) Regards and thank you!	Anonymous	0	356	Mar 12, 2018 by Anonymous
	salary increase (Preview) Good Day I am not a member yet but would like to know if i can be assisted if i join Labour Protect My last increase was in 2013 We don't have meeting to discuss the matter, unless we the staff request a meeting Last meeting was in 2016 Employment contract states 13th birthday cheque Kind Regards V	Anonymous	0	367	Mar 12, 2018 by Anonymous
	Final Written Warning (Preview) Good day I have recently been issued with a final written warning for not communicating with my line manager. I went to the doctor on an Monday and was booked off for two days with an follow-up on the Wednesday where I have been booked off for two more days (Thursday and Friday) Due to illness I could not...	Anonymous	0	336	Mar 9, 2018 by Anonymous
	UNFAIR LABOUR PRACTICES (Preview) I started working for a private company 17/04/2017. In the interview verbal agreements were made. I was never given a written contract. Employer always had an excuse and was very intimidating when questioned. No payslips or even Confirmation of employment letter was ever given, even I request...	Anonymous	1	381	Mar 9, 2018 by Anonymous
	Short time (Preview) I would like to know if your company may put you on short time without singing any documents and must employees be paid a night shift allowance.	Anonymous	1	355	Mar 9, 2018 by Labour Protect
	Disciplined for overtime claimed and approved by directors (Preview) I have been employed by company for 7 months, Last month whilst preparing the company overtime approval report to be signed off by the directors and all managers, I added my overtime to the report as I was not allowed to claim for the last six months but wanted to claim for this month and was expecting the...	Anonymous	0	341	Mar 6, 2018 by Anonymous
	UIF Unemployment Claims for previous months (Preview) Hi If you are retrenched, and you start claiming UIF only a few months later (still within the 6 month period you can apply for UIF), should the UIF Payment amount be from the date of unemployment to the claim date, or from when you started claiming unemployment only? I was retrenched Oct 2017, st...	Anonymous	0	303	Mar 6, 2018 by Anonymous
	Restraint of trade (Preview) I am a consultant working directly for a consulting house, and contracted to a client. A client of the client where i am based wants me to come work for them. As far as i can see, the restraint is only if i am employed directly by my companies client.	Anonymous	0	332	Feb 27, 2018 by Anonymous
	Employer Cancelling a Group Pension Fund Scheme (Preview) Can an employer cancel a group pension scheme where this is stated as a benefit in a letter of appointment? What recourse do employees have?	Anonymous	0	348	Feb 22, 2018 by Anonymous
	Notice in terms of section 189A (Possible restructuring at our Company) (Preview) Good afternoon I need some clarification regarding a Notice in terms of section 189A (Mass retrenchments) issued to all of us. Our Employer is currently considering restructuring its organization in an attempt to better streamline it Organizational Structure. Stated in the notice "The Empl...	Anonymous	0	331	Feb 19, 2018 by Anonymous
	Temporary agency workers (Preview) hi, I would like to know if the temporary agency workers are Eligible for a contract if they have worked for the same employer for more than 6 months? I Have been working with the same employer for 8-9 months doing full time hours, but now they dont Have work for us and refusing to give us more than 4 hours a...	Anonymous	0	549	Feb 17, 2018 by Anonymous
	antenal visits (Preview) I have a employee that needs to attend antenatal visits. The "code of good practice" do imply that she is not allowed to take annual leave. How does this work. Our company is saying that if she is away for 3-4 hours(antenatal visits through the government), she has to sign the hours that she did not atten...	Anonymous	0	353	Feb 15, 2018 by Anonymous
	Sick notes for Independent Contractors (Preview) I would like to find out about employers requesting a sick note for an independent contractor. The day taken off as a sick day was a Tuesday. The Independent contractor informed their manager that they were ill and would not make it into the office. HR has said that they need to provide a sick note for the...	Anonymous	0	333	Feb 14, 2018 by Anonymous
	DOMESTIC WORKER DISMISSAL DISPUTE (Preview) I had a domestic worker that decide to retire and now she denies that she wanted to retire. As Iam financially not able to cover additional cost on my budget I offered to pay her at least her salary on her retirement for 3 months as this is all i could afford. She now claims that she twisted her ankle(about 2...	Anonymous	0	341	Feb 12, 2018 by Anonymous
	Introduction of 20.5% Pension fund contribution (Preview) Hi, I work in a public entity and the board is our executive authority. My contract stipulated that I was remunerated on a cost to company basis and must contribute 7.5% to a provident fund. The board then took a decision to make it compulsory for all staff members to contribute 20.5% by 2019 April. I did...	Anonymous	0	344	Feb 7, 2018 by Anonymous
	Half Day removal (Preview) Good day. In my contract it is stipulated that I get 1 half day per month. Each year we receive an Email with the dates of the half days. In previous years I often wouldn't take them out of loyalty to the company and just being a hard worker in general. Last week I took my mandated half day as my new wife was due...	Anonymous	0	377	Jan 31, 2018 by Anonymous
	unfairness in work place (Preview) been with company for 19 and a half years. today I get an e-mail cause due to my salary level I will not get any bonus. 3 or 4 people who are managers also didn't get a bonus. I am not a manager, but I was told a month ago by one of the Managers that the Financial director has said that I don't warrant for my salary...	Anonymous	1	491	Jan 30, 2018 by LABOUR PROTECT
	Company lied: said I resigned, but in truth they dismissed me (Preview) Hi I worked for a large company for 9 years. They have terminated my employment via a termination letter stating that I RESIGNED. I never resigned. They dismissed me. Now I can't claim UIF, because the company has lied on the termination letter.	Janine	1	507	Jan 30, 2018 by Anonymous
	Unfair labour practice (Preview) I have been working for this company for ten years but the guys that got employed after me are being promoted as my superiors is this Fair?	Anonymous	1	567	Jan 30, 2018 by LABOUR PROTECT
	is this an act of discrimination and favorism? (Preview) I was my 2nd day with the flu. the 1st day evening, I spoke with the provider that I work for, and mentioned to him that I will not be in on the 2nd day, he was completely ok with that, and mentioned that the management has cover for our team. I told him that I will also let the supervisor know in the morning if I d...	Anonymous	0	361	Jan 26, 2018 by Anonymous
	Can one claim gov pension and UIF? (Preview) We are relocating and retrenching our domestic worker who turned 60 recently. Can she claim UIF if she receives her gov pension. Her Salary with us is 3 times what the gov pension will be, so her income has significantly reduced? aoosthuizen@gmail.com	Antoinette	0	334	Jan 24, 2018 by Antoinette
	Discrimination / victimized (Preview) Hi there, need advice my boss threw me with a piece paper that he rolled into a little ball in my face and in front of customers shouted on me and utter u are stupid and its part of who you are. In his office I was threaten that he will get people in to have me fired. A day later me chair was taken away from me and I h...	Anonymous	0	353	Jan 23, 2018 by Anonymous
	Theft (Preview) I have in an unintentional theft case .An Hr admin lady was charged of theft.She borrowed a usb cable from a guy who is a consultant and he was in an office that does not belong to him so he gave the lady permission to use the usb stick.the lady later bring the stick he was not there.She goes home with it in the...	Anonymous	0	334	Jan 19, 2018 by Anonymous
	Theft (Preview) I have in an unintentional theft case .An Hr admin lady was charged of theft.She borrowed a usb cable from a guy who is a consultant and he was in an office that does not belong to him so he gave the lady permission to use the usb stick.the lady later bring the stick he was not there.She goes home with it in the...	Anonymous	0	358	Jan 19, 2018 by Anonymous
	unfair labour practice (Preview) i'm a shift worker when i'm on duty on sunday wich is a public holiday i dont get paid double as the law says but i get paid by sunday payment. and again i work 48 hours a week and our collectiv e agreement say 40 hours a week i dont get payment for exceeding hours	Anonymous	1	380	Jan 17, 2018 by Anonymous
	how do i claim my RA if i surrend my policy and im not yet 55 (Preview) Hi All I want to cancel my RA as I have a personal dilemma to sort out but because I have more than R7500 in the fund . I have been told I cannot claim it , I require this money urgently . can anyone please help with this question .	Anonymous	0	361	Jan 15, 2018 by Anonymous
	Notice of Suspension (Preview) Hi. I have been working as a resort manager for 16 years without any WPE and i got a final written warning on the 10th of December 2017 for not being at work at 12pm on a Sunday. Then i got a notice of suspension on the 4th of January 2018 and was forced to leave the premises immediately where i have been livi...	R Rossouw	0	375	Jan 10, 2018 by R Rossouw
	UIF claim (Preview) I have been busy with a claim since October I have been going to the offices twice a week now and everytime am being help by a different person as they can't help me.. I have claim and been giving a date for my next pay date .. the problem is since October I haven't even paid once. My first claim keeps being p...	Papafentse	0	393	Dec 22, 2017 by Papafentse
	Unfair labor practice (Preview) An employee initiated a C-1 workers compensation injury form send it to her manager in August. The form was never sent over to the workers comp department from her manager. Would this be an unfair labor charge against management.	Anonymous	0	423	Dec 21, 2017 by Anonymous
	demotion + salary reduction (Preview) Hi, My work has just informed me that although they are generally happy with how I am performing in my role, they feel that someone else in the organisation can do it better. That person is getting promoted to my position, and I am being moved to another. Personally I see it as a demotion but it's not bein...	Anonymous	7	12455	Dec 19, 2017 by Ahodyencounc
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