WHAT ARE THE LIMITATIONS IN RESPECT OF THE DEDUCTIONS ON MY SALARY?
A client poses a question to their attorney: My employment contract makes provision for deductions from my salary and now my employer wants to deduct money. What are the limitations in respect of deductions that can be made? As a general point of departure, deductions can only be done once the employee has given written […]
AM I STILL PROTECTED WITHOUT AN EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT?
This article looks at the continued relevancy of the employment contract in legal practice today. In 2014, the legislator amended section 186(1)(a) of the Labour Relations Act, 66 of 1995 (LRA), which deals with unfair dismissals, by removing the words “contract of” within the definition, leaving only the word “employment”. This gives the idea that […]