Can work charge employees for mistakes?
Employers should bear in mind it’s illegal to charge employees for their mistakes through wage deductions. If it’s found they paid their staff less than what their entitled amount in their employment contract, they could be liable to expensive tribunal claims for unfair deductions from wages.
Do you know the rights of an employee?
I also receive similar enquiries from employers – asking what the employee’s rights are. Employees have certain general rights. These may not necessarily be entrenched in labour law, but come from basic human rights issues, the Constitution, common law and in some case, from legislation.
What are the rights and obligations of an employer?
It must always be remembered that with every right there is an obligation. In other words the rights of the employee are the obligations of the employer; and the rights of the employer are the obligations of the employee. to leave benefits and other basic conditions of employment as stipulated in the BCEA.
How does the law protect you as an employee?
You have the right to receive a job description outlining the job title and the conditions of the employment. The employer must keep a record of the time you have worked, the remuneration you have received and your full name, in addition to the job that you performed. If you are under 18, the employer must also keep record of your birth date.
What happens when an employee files a discrimination charge?
Charges of discrimination filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) (and similar charges with state and local human relations agencies) are a critical first step in an employee’s discrimination claim. For employers, the importance of responding strategically to such charges cannot be understated.
How are the rights of the employee and the employer related?
In other words the rights of the employee are the obligations of the employer; and the rights of the employer are the obligations of the employee. to leave benefits and other basic conditions of employment as stipulated in the BCEA.
Charges of discrimination filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) (and similar charges with state and local human relations agencies) are a critical first step in an employee’s discrimination claim. For employers, the importance of responding strategically to such charges cannot be understated.
Who is responsible for paying taxes on behalf of the employer?
For the most part, the employer withholds these taxes on behalf of their employees, but in cases where an employer does not do this, or where an employee is self-employed, it is the responsibility of the employee to pay these withholding taxes.
Why is it important to balance employee and employer rights?
Balancing these rights is extremely important and pivotal to a fair and successful employment relationship. It must always be remembered that with every right there is an obligation. In other words the rights of the employee are the obligations of the employer; and the rights of the employer are the obligations of the employee.