Tag: cottage industry

Dialogue and reflection: Will employers learn?

by GilesFiles | May 13, 2009 | 2014 and earlier, André van Niekerk, Causes and defences, Conduct & capability, Hearing procedure, ILO Convention 158/1982, Labour Court, LRA 1995, Termination (LRL 8) | 0 |

In a very recent Labour Court case National Bioinformatics Network Trust v Jacobs (14 April 2009) Justice André Van Nierkerk refused to halt CCMA arbitration proceedings after the commissioner declined to allow the employer to...

Profitable cottage industry: Useless disciplinary hearings

by GilesFiles | Apr 14, 2009 | 2020 onwards, André van Niekerk, Applications, Costs, Courts, Declaratory, Interdicts & rules, Irregular proceeding, Judges, Jurisdiction & powers, Labour Court, Labour Court judges, Labour Relations, Legal Practice, LRA 1995, LRA 7: 112-184 Dispute, LRA 8a: 185-197B Dismissal, Non-profit organisations, Orders, Parties, philosophy / economics, Private enterprises, Refused, Refused, Resolving disputes (LRL 3), Review tests, Rule nisi, Sectors, Statutes (LRL 2)-work, Termination (LRL 8), Topics, Urgency | 0 |

National Bioinformatics Network Trust v Jacobson Labour court expressed dismay about the profitable cottage industry that has developed in conducting useless protracted formal workplace hearings that would make any criminal...