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The Applicant, a senior Financial Manager, was given a final written warning after erroneously transferring R4m of pension fund money into the incorrect account, and after agreeing to repay the R7 000 in interest that had been lost as a result of the error.
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CAPE Town will get its own consumer tribunal next month. It will run like a court and allow people to get redress from errant companies.
The National Consumer Forum has welcomed the establishment of the tribunal, saying it’s a chance to level the playing field between consumers and businesses.
The Western Cape office of the Consumer Protector received just more than 9 000 complaints from the public last year and resolved 6 000 of them.
While thousands more are still being processed, the 20 which have resulted in stalemates between the complainants and the companies will be the first cases referred to the …
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At the commencement of the arbitration concerning the applicant’s dismissal for alleged incapacity, he raised an objection to the respondent leading evidence about the contents of a certain tape recording, which he alleged had been unlawfully obtained. The tape purportedly recorded telephone conversations between the then Director: Special Operations in the National Prosecuting Authority, Mr McCarthy, and various persons, including the applicant, which implicated the NPA in a conspiracy to manipulate criminal charges against Mr Jacob Zuma, then president of the ANC.
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Out of the blue and on exceptionally short notice, the 27th of December was declared a public holiday.
The move was prompted by the Federation of Unions of SA (Fedusa) writing a letter on 18 November to the presidency requesting an extra public holiday because Christmas fell on a Sunday last year and the Day of Goodwill on a Monday.
To quote the presidency spokesperson: “Based on their recommendations, the president approved the public holiday.”
The late move prompted strong reactions from various Business and Commerce Chambers countrywide, bemoaning the impact on business in the country.
Economists viewpoints were varied with some supporting …
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The final negotiation for the year took place on the 13th of December. There are enormous time pressures to finalise the changes and this is not assisted by the fact that the process is becoming strained and adversarial.
There has been slow progress on 4 of the 6 themes (Atypical employment relationships; Dispute resolution; Compliance and enforcement; and Collective bargaining) to date with parties attempting to arrive at the fairest draft legislation under the circumstances.
At this last meeting parties agreed on the way forward.
The Department of Labour stated that the documents need to be cleaned up. There are a few …
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Proposed changes to labour laws won’t fly
T’S ALMOST a year exactly since Minister of Labour Nelisiwe Oliphant published four controversial labour law amendment bills which, if made law, would have a profound effect on how the labour market in the country is regulated.
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Workers Need Written Contracts of Employment to Protect Their Rights
Luphert Chilwane of the New Age spoke to experts about the fact that many employees are still working without formal contracts of employment, which can lead to problems when dealing with disputes or the CCMA.
Labour law expert Jonathan Goldberg told Chilwane that when there is no …
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