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Competitive trade considered: John Patten’s analysis

by GilesFiles | Oct 14, 2021 | Agriculture, Construction industry, Free and fair, Insights, Management, Markets in SA, Sectors, Thought Leaders | 0 |

Trade may be the medium for economic growth between nations, but it is also the cause of friction – sometimes extreme friction leading to sanctions or war. There are today several examples of trade competition increasing...

Them and us: Obstructing real progress in SA

by GilesFiles | Aug 18, 2021 | Insights, Markets in SA, philosophy / economics, Reforms required | 0 |

Retired journalist John Patten correctly points out in his latest ‘editorial’ that “The greatest challenge in these circumstances is to find ways to combine the rich and the poor in one united nation. The...

Wage disparity dispute: Free and fair competition?

by GilesFiles | May 14, 2021 | 2020 +, 7 levels, appeal, Appeals, Appointed LAC judges, CCMA & BC, Collective agreements, Collective Bargaining (LRL 5), Competition, Courts, Declaratory, Dennis Davis, Dispute Resolution (LRL 3), EEA4 differentials s27, EEA9 Levels s21, Employment equity, Equal pay & value, Evidence and onus, Insights, Interpretation and application, Judges, Jurisdiction and powers, Labour Appeal Court, Labour Relations, Labour Relations Act 1995, LAC judges, Legal Practice, LRA Chpt: 3: s11-63 Collective Bargaining, LRA Chpt: 7: s112-184 Dispute resolution, Management, Markets in SA, Objective or correct, Orders, Parties, Pay progression, performance based, Protectable business interests, Reforms required, Refused, Remuneration, Review tests, Rulings - s158(1)(g), Sectors, Statement of claim, Statutes (LRL 2) - work law, Topics, Trade unions, Transport & communication, Value exchange | 0 |

Golden Arrow Bus Service (Pty) Ltd v SARPBC (Trade Unions) The dispute indirectly dealt with unfair discrimination and a wage disparity of about 59% in the same occupational level but there was insufficient evidence placed...

Project based work: No absolute right to work

by GilesFiles | Feb 11, 2021 | 2020 +, André van Niekerk, Applications, Appointed LC judges, BCEA 77(3) and 77A(e), Cause: contractual breach, Common Law, Construction industry, Courts, Declaratory, Dispute Resolution (LRL 3), Fixed-term contracts, Interpretation and application, Judges, Jurisdiction and powers, Labour Court, Labour Court judges, Labour Relations, Labour Relations Act 1995, Lawfulness, Legal Practice, LRA Chpt: 7: s112-184 Dispute resolution, LRA Chpt: 8a: s185-197B Dismissals, Markets in SA, Operational requirements-s189, Orders, Parties, Personal services, philosophy / economics, Private enterprises, Proof required, Roman Dutch law principles, Sectors, Statutes (LRL 2) - work law, Substantial reason-other, Termination & dismissal (LRL 8), Topics, Valid reason and fair reason | 0 |

Farinha v Boogertman and Partners In context of project based work and bumping at senior management and professional management level the labour court mentioned that the applicant may well have been similarly qualified and...

1988 LRA amendments: Sure recipe for conflict

by GilesFiles | Dec 31, 2020 | Insights, Labour Relations, Labour Relations Act 1995, Markets in SA, Reforms required, Statutes (LRL 2) - work law, Thought Leaders, Topics | 0 |

Looking back on the 1988 LRA amendments there is little doubt that when the former government accepted the recommendations of the Wiehahn Commission in 1979 they failed to understand the nature and effect of what changes to the...

Labour market features: Balancing conflicting interests

by GilesFiles | Dec 30, 2020 | Collective Bargaining (LRL 5), Employment Relations (LRL 1), Free and fair, Insights, Labour Relations, Markets in SA, Micro enterprises, philosophy / economics, Reforms required, Thought Leaders, Topics | 0 |

On 14 July 1994 the then Minister of Labour, Tito Mboweni, delivered a speech to the Labour Law Conference in Durban entitled “The New Labour Market: Prospects for Accommodation and Conflict” and explained the...

Invalid procurement regulations: Preferential procurement appeal

by GilesFiles | Nov 2, 2020 | 2020 +, Associations & corporate bodies, Bill of Rights, Central, Courts, Employment equity, Finance, Free and fair, Government, Inherent requirements, Judges, Legal Practice, Legislation, Markets in SA, Organs of state, Parties, SCA judges, Sectors, SOEs (State Owned Enterprises), Supreme Court of Appeal, Termination & dismissal (LRL 8), Topics | 0 |

Afribusiness NPC v Minister of Finance Discretionary pre-qualification criteria stipulated in regulation 4 may constitute an antecedent step but as it is introduced in regulation 4 it creates an additional layer contrary to s...

Repudiating employment contracts: Trust and confidence

by GilesFiles | Aug 18, 2020 | Cause: contractual breach, Cause: statute, Common Law, Con 158 (1982), Dispute Resolution (LRL 3), ILO Conventions, Insights, Labour Relations, Labour Relations Act 1995, LRA Chpt: 8a: s185-197B Dismissals, Markets in SA, philosophy / economics, Statutes (LRL 2) - work law, Termination & dismissal (LRL 8), Thought Leaders, Topics, Trust and confidence | 0 |

During 1996 the Employment and Industrial Relations Journal of the International Bar Association published an article written by Graham Giles just before the newly adopted Labour Relations Act, 1996 came into force in November...

New labour market: Accommodation and conflict

by GilesFiles | Aug 17, 2020 | Insights, Markets in SA, philosophy / economics, Thought Leaders | 0 |

Looking back to the early days and before the introduction of the Labour Relations Act of 1995 it is interesting to find out what the new government had in mind at the time. Recently a speech delivered by the current Minister of...

Business rescue plan: Unfair dismissal procedure?

by GilesFiles | May 8, 2020 | 2020 +, André van Niekerk, Applications, Appointed LC judges, Associations & corporate bodies, business rescue, Courts, Declaratory, Dispute Resolution (LRL 3), Granted, Interdicts and rule nisi, Interpretation and application, Judges, Jurisdiction and powers, Labour Court, Labour Court judges, Labour Relations, Labour Relations Act 1995, LC Rules, Legal Practice, Legislation, LRA Chpt: 7: s112-184 Dispute resolution, LRA Chpt: 8a: s185-197B Dismissals, Management, Markets in SA, Operational process -s189A(13), Operational reasons-189A, Orders, Parties, philosophy / economics, Procedural issues, Risks, Sectors, SOEs (State Owned Enterprises), Statutes (LRL 2) - work law, Termination & dismissal (LRL 8), Topics, Trade unions, Urgency | 0 |

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Reduce wage curve: Avoiding mass dismissals

by GilesFiles | Apr 23, 2020 | Common Law, Covid-19 issues, Employment equity, Impossible or illegal performance, Insights, Management, Markets in SA, philosophy / economics, Risks, Roman Dutch law principles | 0 |

Avoiding so-called retrenchments These are unprecedented times and senior managers in most companies are facing difficult decisions to ensure the survival of the enterprises. A first reaction may be to ‘contemplate’...

IMSSA early days: Creation and development

by GilesFiles | Apr 12, 2020 | Insights, Markets in SA, philosophy / economics, Thought Leaders | 0 |

In 1981 the Ford Foundation generously donated funds to enable a mediation service to be established in South Africa. Thanks mainly to the efforts and drive of the late Loet Douws Dekker steps were taken to arrange for...

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