Asked by BBOY360 on 30-03-2015 10:12:19
Question posted in the General Law category relating to Western Cape
A FRIEND OF MINE HAS BEEN EMPLOYED AS A TEMPORARY WORKER BY A LABOR BROKER CONTRACTED BY ESKOM, HE'S BEEN WORKING AS AN TEMP FOR ESKOM FOR ALMOST 10YEARS NOW. AS THE YEARS HAS PASSED THE CONTRACTED LABOR BROKERS CHANGED BUT MY FRIEND JUST ALWAYS RENEWED CONTRACT WITH WHICH EVER LABOR BROKER WAS AWARDED THE CONTRACT BY ESKOM. LAST FRIDAY MY FRIEND WAS CALLED IN AND RECEIVED A LETTER STATING THAT HIS CONTRACT WAS ENDED DUE TO HIM HAVING A CRIMINAL RECORD. MY QUESTION NOW IS WHETHER OR NOT THAT WAS A VALID LEGAL ACTION PERFORMED, SEEING THAT HE'S BEEN WITH THE COMPANY SO LONG, IF IT IS THE COMPANY'S POLICY NOT TO HIRE PEOPLE WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS WHY ONLY NOW AFTER ALMOST 10 YEARS OF HIM BEEING IN THEIR EMPLOYMENT?
If you would like to view the entire answer, you will need to either login or register a FREE account.
Disclaimer
DISCLAIMER: Advice or answers from Lawyers on South African Legal Advice are not substitutes for the proper advice of an Lawyer. South African Legal Advice is a public forum and questions and responses are not private or confidential or protected by the attorney-client privilege. The Lawyer who assists with your question is not your Lawyer, and the response above is not to be considered to be legal advice. You should not read this response to propose specific action or address specific circumstances, but only to give you a sense of general principles of law that might affect the situation you describe. Application of these general principles to particular circumstances must be done by a lawyer who has spoken with you in confidence, learned all relevant information, and explored various options. Before acting on these general principles, you should hire a lawyer licensed to practice law in the jurisdiction to which your question pertains. The responses above are from individual Lawyers, not South African Legal Advice. The site and services are provided “as is”. This site is not for emergency questions which should be directed immediately by telephone or in-person to qualified professionals. Please carefully read the Terms of Service.