How do labour lawyers help employees navigate workplace disputes?
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Dear Sir/Madam, I hope this message finds you well. I am reaching out to enquire if I have a case on the brief summary below and if its possible to secure legal representation for a dismissal case Brief Background: Position: Senior Delivery Manager Data Science Company: Start Date: 29 April Original End Date: 31 December (fixed-term contract) Notice of Termination: 5 September Last Working Day Given: 30 September Reason Stated: Budget constraints, I was informed that they are looking to reallocate the budget for my role with a Senior Developer/Analyst to cover technical gaps within the team and that my role will not be of benefit. However, they had just hired a new Programme Manager on the 1st of September in the same week I was terminated. No formal consultation, performance concerns, or disciplinary process preceded my termination. Line manager confirmed it is not due to performance issues on my end but solely based on the budget constraints and his need to reallocate my budget. Prior to this, I lost my child (4 June ) shortly after I joined and have experienced emotional distress and blame for teams shortfalls and humiliation for mostly items I wasnt aware of, including threats of having my contract terminated, being reprimanded like a child etc. I raised concerns about my line managers ways of work to the Excutive Information Office who was previously my line manager but my grief was weaponised against me instead and was put of forced leave for 1 week. I have some documentation from some meetings that I could get a hold of, including a medical certificate issued on 16 July a week after I was placed on forced leave due to the complaint I had made about my new line manager's ways of work. I was on sick leave due to depression and anxiety added by the EIO and line managers aggressive ways of communication. I am looking for legal advice and/or representation to: Assist and represent me with CCMA proceedings if this qualifies. May you kindly advise if you take on cases of this nature, and your availability for a consultation as well as your fee structure or hourly rates including any documentation you would like me to forward in advance.
I was sold out by a union that represented me on march this year.i was unfairly dismissed with the company I worked for fifteen years.the union promised to forward the matter to bargaining council.i found out later that there was no such.and bargaining council withdraw the case because it was late.and there was no valid reason why the case was late .I find myself being oppressed by my company and the union I paid for fifteen years.
I was paid short on my salary I queried with my manager and she swore at me I proceeded to ask the other manager she was new to our unit she then claimed my money was not paid short but that the previous manager did not do the payroll system correctly and furthermore I owe the company 77 hours which will be deducted from my next salary. She failed to inform me that she detected errors on the payroll system and just said I was paid in advance for shifts I didn't work yet I didn't give consent to any deductions and none of that information was disclosed to me when I started working that I was being paid in advance. I was employed on a month to month contract basis and my contract expired on August 31st. I went into work on the 1st of September and did not sign a new contract I did not return to work again I resigned. I made a case at my local ccma and the company notified me they are objecting to arbitration please advise
Good day; My brief is as follows; it was on 24th August I forgot my passport in my friend's car on our way home from a stadium for soccer match. The same night my friend was traveling cross boarder. At the boarder post from where he went they find him with my passport upon vehicle search. He called me about the matter and I drove to boarder for statement and affidavit but the official told me that they hold the passport for investigation, 1 week later the discharged him with a fine and forfeited my passport. But my passport was not involved in any kind of offense, I simply forgot it in the car. Please I don't know any how to retrieve my passport back. I am a Malawian national.
I require representation in court for a protection order against my mother’s boyfriend. I’ve been victim to emotional, physical and verbal abuse for 8 years. Due to this I have witnesses and some evidence of the illegal firearm, substance abuse, and continued harassment after protection order was temporarily granted. My mother had opened one against her boyfriend but due to his manipulation she decided to drop the case
I need help to see my child,whom l last saw in November .The father took away her phone so l have not been able to talk to her..Family advocate report he never followed it..So please l miss my child and how to prove that he fabricated all the stories..He once told me that justice system can be bought in SA..thank you
I need a lawyer my husband told me the property belongs to him I discovered it is his late moms estate henis the executive He wants to devorce me and kick me out with my kids we have been married for 3 years and lived together for 16 years I extended the house from a 3 room to a 5 room do I have a claim on the property
I have a wife/spouse whom I married in terms of customary law and now I want to marry my second in customary marriage too. I married the first one out of community and want to do the same on the second one too. My intention is to have both marriage registered with Home Affairs in order to draft the will for my children. How much can you charge me please.
The case has started from last year November and today was the 1st day of trial and also tomorrow. Only to find out that my lawyer didn’t pitch and his excuse was that he doesn’t have money for transportation. He never consulted with me from our last day in court till this early our of today at 05:27 telling me he doesn’t have petrol. With I have a bundle of documents from the other party and they have mine.
My ex, misrepresentation on my name for her fees, a case has been opened in Vanderbijlpark, but I stay in Olievenhoutbos Centurion, so now the lawyers are threathing me with a Judgement, and now they refused my intention to defend saying it's defective. She has done an Affidavit saying she did lie to me to make me sign the document