Altitude Employment Solutions is a business partnership between Altitude Facilities Management, a BBBEE company and Bagraims Attorneys in Cape Town.
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RETRENCHMENT Unfortunately, 2015 has been a year of retrenchment. We as attorneys have been extremely busy dismissing staff across the board for operational requirements. The economy has not been helpful and nor has the amendments to the Labour Relations Act. …
JOB CREATION Everyone including all the political parties and even government have said that South Africa’s priority over the next few years must be job creation. Most people agree, especially the economists that job creation will be done by the…
RETRENCHMENT CRISIS We are all aware that businesses across the board throughout South Africa are in retrenchment mode. Many employers’ especially small businesses are considering restructuring in order to cut down on their biggest cost, which is salary. Unfortunately, these…
“ADDRESSING EMPLOYMENT EQUITY REMAINS A THORNY DILEMMA” I have been involved in advising businesses in the labour relations arena for almost thirty five years. Every single business that I consult with are not only keen but actively involved in trying…
WORKMEN’S COMPENSATION CLAIMS A NIGHTMARE Every employee in South Africa is entitled to fair treatment and is entitled to all the rights as outlined by our various pieces of labour legislation. Every employee must have a letter of appointment and…
HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY NEW MINIMUM WAGES AS FROM THE 01ST JULY 2015 The Department of Labour has implemented the minimum wage schedule, which is applicable as from the 01st July 2015. This is applicable for all industries in the Hospitality Sector…
INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION: JOB CREATION It is interesting to see that the International Labour Organization has been discussing ways and means of job creation and in particular, the non-standard forms of employment. We all understand that the world economy is…
LABOUR NEWS UPDATE We are facing the public sector strike and although government has now moved to 6.8%, the Unions are still stuck at 10%. This public sector strike at this stage would be horrendous as the business community has…
EMPLOYMENT AND LOADSHEDDING We have had numerous requests over the past few months as to whether the load shedding can affect the employment relationship, and in particular, the payment for work not done. The reality of the situation is that…
Labour Relations Act Amendments The amendments to the Labour Relations Act became law as from the 1st January 2015. In essence, this means that employers have to comply with the amendments to the Labour Relations Act from the 1st April…
