- Title
- Balancing the interests of employer and employee in dismissal for misconduct
- Creator
- Pillay, Prushothman Subramoney
- Subject
- Employees -- Dismissal of -- Law and legislation -- South Africa
- Subject
- Labor discipline -- Law and legislation -- South Africa South Africa -- Employment Equity Act, 1998 South Africa -- Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 1997 South Africa -- Labour Relations Act, 1995 Unfair labor practices -- South Africa Labor laws and legislation -- South Africa
- Date Issued
- 2018
- Date
- 2018
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- LLM
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/34414
- Identifier
- vital:33375
- Description
- South Africa emerged from a history dogged by an oppressive system in which race was used as a medium of oppression. Workers and in particular African workers’ rights were severely curtailed. However, following the advent of the Constitution, several employees’ rights and freedoms are now entrenched key amongst them in the right to fair labour practices is enshrined in section 23 (1) of the Constitution. Post 1994, South Africa adopted various new forms of labour legislation, including the Labour Relations Act. This marked the watershed in changing the balance of power away from the employer. The LRA gives form and content to the rights enshrined in the Constitution by establishing substantive and procedural requirements prior to dismissal. Equally important is the guidelines contained in schedule 8 to the LRA which depict an attempt by the legislature to ensure that employees are protected against unfair dismissal. The historical background of the employment relationship stems from the Master and Servant Act. The common law evolved in South Africa from Roman-Dutch and English practices. The common law was shaped against the backdrop of Apartheid modified to some extent through the Wiehahn Commission4 and more recently politically through union and National Economic Development and Labour Council (NEDLAC) involvement regulating labour practices through legislation. In South Africa, the employment relationship is regulated by three main sources of law. These include the Constitution, labour legislation and the law of contract. Besides these sources, South Africa is a member state of the International Labour Organisation.
- Format
- 88 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Law
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela University
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