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Article: LRA is in need of clear guidelines on case law; Contradictory judicial decisions have often resulted in confusion.(Workplace)
- Article from:
- The Star (South Africa)
- Article date:
- July 3, 2006
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The Labour Relations Act was developed by negotiation between the government, employers and trade unions.
Due to the fact that parties had substantially different agendas, they were often unable to agree on a number of important details of law, which were therefore omitted from the LRA.
Some detail as to the intention of the law is provided in the form of codes of good practice. For example, included in schedule 8 of the LRA is The Code of Good Practice: Dismissal, which guides parties as to procedures and principles that should be followed.
However, despite these codes, the LRA still lacks some important detail, such as whether an employer may ...