Many employers face the reality of inevitably having to consider retrenchment. Employers see the changing requirement of the company and realise they might need to retrench, but for several reasons, they prolong the decision to start the consultations with affected employees. Reasons may include: Employers hoping the business would turn around, for example, an employer who has given out several large quotations and hope for them to be accepted;Employers do not want to scare employees and risk...

Family responsibility leave is governed by section 27 of Basic Conditions of Employment Act 1997. Employees are entitled to 3 days of family responsibility leave per year, should the employee meet certain criteria: The employee must be a full-time or permanent employee;The employee must work over four days per week;The employee is only entitled to family responsibility leave after four months of employment. However, an employer and employee may contractually agree that over three family...

Termination of the employment relationship can take place in different ways. A few to mention may be in the event of a death of an employee, by the employee’s dismissal, when an employee retires, by mutual agreement or on the instance of an employee. If an employee resigns, the employee would have to provide an advanced notice period to the employer. The notice period is, however, dependent on several factors: First, if there is no contract of employment between the employer and employee...