Labour Bulletin Archive April 2009

Consider these 3 alternatives to retrenchment

Consider these 3 alternatives to retrenchment...and retain skills, experience and customer connections within your business
1. Reduce working hours
2. Place employees on enforced leave
3. Place staff on short-time or part-time working hours.
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Change is afoot! And no, I’m not talking about the results of yesterday’s election. Although I do hope you exercised your democratic right...and made your mark. The change I’m talking about is your bulletins. You’ve come to expect expert advice every week, and don’t worry, that’s not going to change. We do, however, have two new contributors, Labour Law expert, Lucelle Buchler (writer of the Labour Watch Newsletter) and my colleague, Nadia Pisanti (managing editor of our Labour Watch Newsletter).
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As of the 7th May, you’ll receive your HR Bulletin in the form of the new, upgraded Labour Bulletin. Two Labour experts, Susan Stelzner and Lucelle Buchler will provide you with essential Labour advice and Nadia Pisanti, Managing Editor of the Labour Watch Newsletter, will contribute. I’ll still be around and will focus on topical HR issues. So you’ve got it all rolled into one...and even better, you no longer have to wait two weeks between bulletins. You’ll receive your all-new Labour Bulletin every week.
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Retrenchment and how to win at the CCMA

I know you’ve grown used to our panel of labour law experts giving you the best advice in your Labour Law Handbook, updates and bulletins. Now’s your chance to find out even more from one of our regular authors, in a smaller forum.Ivan Israelstam, CEO of Labour Law Management, is running a seminar in Johannesburg on Friday, 8 May and I really think you need to be there!
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Teach an old employee new tricks

You can’t teach an old employee new tricks…. Or can you? Mr Peterson’s been working for you for years. He’s loyal and hard-working but times have changed and you need him to keep up with them! Is it possible to motivate him to learn a new way of doing things and be more productive? Yes! Find out how...
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Are you the winner?

Imagine this...your employee has stolen money from you. It’s your money so you assume you can just deduct it from his salary. Hold on! You can’t just take money from your employees’ salaries without permission and without following the rules.
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We have a winner

Do you have an employee who’s abusing alcohol at work? You’ve tried your best to help him overcome his problem, but things just aren’t getting any better. He’s not performing and you simply can’t afford to keep employing him!
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There’s no such thing as sports leave

We don’t have sports leave included in our leave policy. One of our employees wants to attend trials (2 days) and then Nationals (5 days) for his sport and wants us to grant it as sports leave.Is there a regulation on this?
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