by Allardyce-Partners | Aug 6, 2020 | News, Uncategorized
What happens to my employment contract during business rescue proceedings? With the high prevalence of companies going into business rescue due to the current economic climate in an attempt to avoid liquidation, many employees have become affected and it is important...
by Allardyce-Partners | Jul 22, 2020 | News, Uncategorized
Are you entitled to a severance package when retrenched? When an employee is retrenched in terms of Section 41(2) of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act (“BCEA”) the employer is statutorily obliged to pay at least one week’s remuneration for each completed year of...
by Allardyce-Partners | Jun 26, 2020 | News, Uncategorized
Since the outbreak of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), and with it the lockdown and restrictions imposed in SA, we have all had to adapt to a “new normal” such as working from home, more often than not, using the digital and virtual platforms to communicate with employers/...
by Allardyce-Partners | Jun 26, 2020 | News, Uncategorized
The COVID-19 epidemic has forced courts and CCMA and Bargaining Councils and the practitioners to adapt at pace. Whilst it is an ideal world to be paperless this is not wholly possible but this is the way that we are moving. The High Courts in SA have already...
by Allardyce-Partners | May 26, 2020 | News, Uncategorized
On 15 May 2020 the Minister of Employment and Labour, Thula Nxesi, amended the rules of the directives with the objective to make it easier for South African employees to receive financial support from the Temporary Employee/Employer Relief Scheme (TERS). There are...
