- Title
- Discrimination and dismissal based on age
- Creator
- Hlohlolo, Sephiri
- Subject
- Age discrimination in employment -- South Africa
- Subject
- Employees -- Dismissal of -- South Africa
- Date Issued
- 2018
- Date
- 2018
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- LLM
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/30309
- Identifier
- vital:30929
- Description
- The purpose of this treatise is to discuss discrimination and dismissal based on age in the workplace. When doing this, specific focus will be on the provisions of section 187(2)(b) of the Labour Relations Act and its fairness when it comes to normal or agreed retirement age for persons employed. Section 187(2)(b) sets out certain justifications on which an employer can rely when it comes to dismissals based on age. South Africa (SA) is a constitutional state and the Constitution is the supreme law. What this means is that any national legislation promulgated must not be in conflict with the Constitution. On the contrary, national legislation must enable the constitutional imperatives. Reference to the Constitution of SA will be made, more so, the equality and fairness provisions. In the process of doing so, a probe into whether section 187(2)(b) as a constitutional enabler, will pass the constitutional muster, will also be looked into. Not all discrimination is unfair when it comes to the SA Labour Law. Provision for fair discrimination has been provided for and as a result, the treatise will also look at the concept of unfair discrimination and how it has been tested by the Courts. A further discussion will outline what is meant by discrimination and dismissal based on age, and whether such a dismissal is in fact a dismissal, and whether within the requirements of the LRA, such a dismissal or termination of employment contract, is in fact, fair. The history of the development of the concept of discrimination in SA will be addressed, and so is a comparative study on foreign law. While foreign jurisprudence is cardinal, a focus on the current SA case law will be done in order to evaluate how discrimination and dismissal based on age are dealt with. Lastly, a critical analysis of sub section 187(2)(b) of the LRA in relation to subsection 187(2)(a) will be looked at, as well.
- Format
- iii, 59 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Law
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela University
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