GLOSSARYOFTEN USED WORDS AND PHRASES
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TERMINATION OF A TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT
Question: Must an employer give notice of termination of the services of an employee who has been employed on a temporary basis?
Read more...CHANGING HOURS OF WORK
May an employer increase or decrease agreed working hours of its employees?
Read more...THE OBLIGATION TO WORK OVERTIME
Question: May employees be forced to work overtime? What if they refuse?
Read more...SICK LEAVE DURING ANNUAL LEAVE
Question: If an employee falls ill during annual leave, must the employee get paid sick leave? Or must the employee’s annual leave entitlement be extended?
Read more...OVERTIME PAY FOR MANAGERS
May a manager be required to work overtime, on Sundays and public holidays without receiving additional pay?
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[...]TRASHING YOUR BOSS ON FACEBOOK
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[...]ACCOMODATING CULTURAL BELIEFS AND INDIGENOUS CUSTOMS
Should an employer try to accommodate an employee’s request for leave of absence to be trained as a traditional healer, where the period of absence may be as long as one month or longer? Or to grant leave in excess of the family responsibility leave available to an employee so that she can fulfil her obligation to arrange for a family member’s funeral?
[...]MINIMUM RATES FOR WHOLSALE & RETAIL SECTOR: 2012
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[...]QUO VADIS FIXED TERM CONTRACTS?
Just as we think that the law pertaining to fixed term contracts has settled, something changes. While the latest development regarding the expectation of renewal of a fixed term contract may be welcomed by employers, there is no reason to celebrate.
[...]DEALING WITH DESERTION
When an employee is absent for several days without communicating with the employer, the incorrect assumption is often made that the employee has deserted and has therefore dismissed himself.
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