Name: Roy Taylor

Student No: 511387

Course PDM P/T 2010/2011
Subject: Industrial Relations part of HRM
Individual assignment 1

Question 1

The 3 labour laws I will be discussing for this question are: 1: Everyone has the right to fair labour practices 2: Every worker has the right to * join and form a trade union * to participate in the activities of the trade union * Strike. 3: Every employer has the right to * join an employer’s organization * Participate in the activities and programs of the organization.

The right that everyone has to fair labour practices helps by protecting the employee against unfair acts/omission between an employer and employee, involving:
Unfair Promotion – for instance not promoting someone who is eligible, or discriminating against certain individuals whilst promoting others.

Unfair demotion – for instance demotion (even in the event where the employer has reason to terminate the contract, for instance where the employee has been performing poorly) without consultation with the employee. –

Unfair Training – for instance by providing training to some employees and not to others, where there is no justifiable reason or in breach of for example a collective agreement

Unfair suspension – for instance by suspending an employee for no reason, Or by suspending him or her without pay or for prolonged periods.

Failure to reinstate a former employee where there was an agreement – for instance in a case of retrenchment, where the employer decides to reinstate some of the employees he or she previously dismissed, but not others.

Prejudice (occupational detriment) suffered because of protected disclosure – the wrongful prejudice of an employee due to the fact that he or she provided information which qualifies as a protected disclosure in terms of the Protected Disclosures Act 24