How do labour lawyers help employees navigate workplace disputes?
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Im lookign for someone to help me with an international divorce. I am a Finnish citizen and my husband is a South African citizen. We do not currently reside in the same country as I am living and working in Finland. I would also like to request for a protection order including with my divorce for the months of verbal and mental abuse i have endured. I would say the situation is very complex and I need someone who has experience in international divorces.
I have held a South African Permanent Residence Permit and Identity Document since . I now wish to apply for naturalisation in order to obtain South African citizenship. In addition, I seek guidance on the appropriate process to regularise the status of my 15-year-old son, including the possibility of applying for the relevant residency or citizenship provisions available to dependent minors.
My vehicle was involved in a incident where a pitbull dog attacked my car The owner admitted responsibility but refusing to pay unless we go through his back yard panelbeater. We have send him a letter of demand. He said thanks he received it but no refusing to pay for damages We have photos of vehicle damages , our text messages and the quote for vehicle repairs. Unfortunately the repairs fall within my excess so can’t claim through my insurance
Good day, I am seeking legal advice regarding a potential unfair dismissal dispute and whether I have reasonable prospects of challenging a Mutual Separation Agreement (“MSA”) signed with my former employer in May . I worked as a Sales Representative at Fundwell SA in Cape Town for approximately 6.5 months. I passed probation in January after achieving 16 applications/sales that month. My performance then declined significantly in February (4 apps) and March (6 apps), after which I was placed on a formal 30-day Performance Improvement Plan (“PIP”) beginning 3 April . The PIP required: 3 applications per week (12 total for the month), dials per day, and 1 hour 30 minutes talk time daily. During April I significantly improved performance and achieved 25 applications, becoming one of the highest-performing salespeople on the floor. However, 6–7 of those applications were generated through direct outreach emails sent to merchants who had incomplete applications in the system. The merchants were real businesses and voluntarily completed applications using their own information and supporting documents. Management later classified this as “commission fraud” or a fraudulent acquisition method. I admitted how the applications were generated and disclosed which applications were obtained in that manner. My understanding at the time was that similar outreach practices were used in the employer’s USA operations and by some staff internally, although I acknowledge there was no explicit written approval communicated locally in Cape Town. I was verbally informed that I would receive a final written warning and management stated they would investigate all 25 applications from April. However, I never received a final written warning. At the end of April, management informed me that my first PIP would effectively be disregarded because my performance improvement was allegedly undermined by the disputed applications. I was then placed on a second PIP in May with the same targets. During May my performance dropped significantly and I only achieved 3 applications by mid-May. On Friday, 15 May , I was called into a boardroom meeting with my manager (Jordan), the director (Ben), and the HR representative (Nick). The meeting was recorded with my consent. During the meeting I was accused of: generating applications improperly during the first PIP; and inflating my talk-time metric through an alleged 54-minute dialler call with a colleague named Walter. I disputed the second allegation because I believed the conversation occurred on Zoom rather than through the Five9/Salesforce dialler system. The conversation itself was personal and inappropriate for work hours, but I disputed that it manipulated dialler metrics. During the meeting I was told this constituted a second violation of my PIP and demonstrated unwillingness to improve or comply with company rules. HR then proposed that I sign a Mutual Separation Agreement instead of proceeding further. I repeatedly asked for time until later that day to consider the agreement because I was overwhelmed and understood that signing would immediately end my employment. My requests were refused multiple times. I was told they needed an answer immediately and that if I challenged the matter it would proceed to a hearing which would likely lead to termination. After management referred to allegedly incriminating transcript content from the recorded conversation, I felt pressured and signed the Mutual Separation Agreement. The agreement: was signed on 15 May , terminated employment effective 22 May , contained standard voluntariness and full-and-final settlement clauses, included approximately R18,.54 payout (salary, leave, and adjusted commissions), and waived unfair dismissal claims. I have since reviewed the matter more carefully and I am concerned that: the PIP/incapacity process became intertwined with misconduct allegations without a proper disciplinary hearing; I was pressured into signing the MSA without meaningful opportunity to seek advice or consider the implications; the voluntariness clause may not reflect the reality of the meeting; the alleged “fraud” was overstated given that the applications involved genuine merchants and legitimate submissions; and the process may have been procedurally unfair overall. I currently have: the PIP document, the MSA, the outreach email example, code of conduct documents, and my own detailed chronology of events. I would appreciate advice regarding: whether the MSA could realistically be challenged at CCMA/Labour Court level; prospects of success for an unfair dismissal referral; whether CCMA would likely have jurisdiction despite the MSA; and whether pursuing compensation (approximately 3 months’ average gross remuneration inclusive of commission) would be realistic.
My ex-wife is trying to change the surname of my child to her family's name. She has a DHA Birth Registration in which the child is bearing my surname. I am a Nigerian and my ex wife is a South African. She ran away with my child to her family house and her family has denied me access to my child. Let it be known that I have never cheated on her nor abuse her ever before. She just decided to leave the marriage under the basis that she is no longer happy and some financial strain on my side. Thank you.
My name is in the title deed. I have three children who are educated and employed they are owining 50 percent and I I own 50 percent. I am Am the one who does maintenance pay electricity. Rates. Clean the house. Pay for garden maintenance and for trimming trees. If any thing needs maintenance I am the one who does that. I am a. Pensioner depending on GEPF Thanks
I built a house in the same yard as her mom and dad and left her with the house all I want is my car but she telling me that half must go to her I'm not working and just need to sort my daughter out by selling my car. She turning my daughter against me and don't want my daughter to come visit my mom and I here in Durban. They are based in kokstad kzn
I recently finally found out that my spouse whom we are married in customary marriage loss is buying assets in his brothers company or name the agreement was that he will transfer back the assets to his names but now he he is denying and that those assets are not form of any donations that investment right now I wanna use one of this assets that he bought and his brothers company I can’t do so because I just discovered that it’s not in my spouse name or his company I’d like assistance on what I can do any legal advice because this is not the first time he buys things in his brother’s name
I would like to enquire whether you would be able to assist me with a property and bond matter involving my former partner. We jointly have a property and bond in both our names. I moved out of the property approximately two years ago, however my ex-partner still resides in the house. Despite several discussions, they refuse to either apply for financing in their own name to remove me from the bond, or agree to sell the property. I am concerned because my name remains linked to the bond and I understand that I am still legally and financially liable. I would therefore like to know: What legal options are available to me; Whether it is possible to compel the sale of the property or compel cooperation regarding refinancing; And what the process and possible costs would be.
I have been accused of lending money from a party who forged my signature and there is no record of any money being paid to me. I emailed the court and the accuser’s lawyer but unfortunately this was not dealt with and judgement has now been passed. I need a legal representative to go file for a new court date and contest the claim against me