ICON Labour Consultants https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Probation is a workplace trial period Health & Safety Consulting About Us SA Labour Online Academy Online Discipline – Short Course Contact Us Articles TV & Radio Interviews A stratagem of dishonesty and deceit justifies dismissal IR/HR Manual Trade unions must operate within their registered scope Not every case of assault should be met with dismissal Case Law Arbitration & Conciliation Hearing Representation Constructive dismissal claims must be buttressed by concrete evidence Consulting Negligence or Gross Negligence? Mandatory workplace Covid-19 vaccination – the story so far Training No severance pay is payable if employee declines reasonable alternative employment Musings of a labour relations consultant during the Covid-19 disaster Urgent Directive confirms CCMA operations from 11 May 2020 Department of Employment & Labour Covid-19 Direction on Labour Relations Covid-19 and the Workplace: The Story So Far The employer Covid-19 vaccination conundrum The tickly beard and the sexual harassment dismissal Employers interfere with hearing sanctions at their peril The story of the light blue hairclip and a fair dismissal Dismissal of employees in an unprotected strike mob was fair says the Labour Court We don’t see enough progressive discipline Selection criteria are frequently an employer’s Achilles heel in retrenchments Can employers require employees to be vaccinated? The non-disclosure of an adverse relationship with a prior employer is not grounds for dismissal First Quantum Minerals Limited The chasm between regret and remorse Home Labour Relations – The First Hundred Days After Lockdown Substantively unfairly dismissed employees may not always be reinstated Employers can’t dismiss employees for a contempt of court charge Dismissal on grounds of ill health is fair if statutory obligations are met Employers may not randomly select a retirement age Falsely accused of sexual harassment Mere suspicion does not prove an employee guilty of misconduct Charged with one thing and found guilty of another When the impartiality of a Commissioner is disputed Hearsay evidence is admissible at times The days of Recognition Agreements are pretty much over Theft of relatively low cost items still typically warrants dismissal Lots of boxes to tick when proving poor performance Blog Articles