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Protecting fixed-term contract employees In South Africa: the past and the present.

dc.contributor.advisorWhitear-Nel, Nicola Jane.
dc.contributor.authorBotha, Gregory Marcellus.
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-17T10:03:33Z
dc.date.available2017-08-17T10:03:33Z
dc.date.created2016
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionMaster of Law in Business Law. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg 2016.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe aim of this dissertation is to assess whether or not fixed-term contract employees are adequately protected in South Africa as those who form part of a non-standard workforce. This assessment will provide a detailed account of the fixed-term contract of employment along with insight into the role fixed-term employees play in the South African labour market and it will explore the reason for the existence of the fixed-term contract of employment and the vulnerability of those employed under such contracts. The paper will then explore the provisions (both past and present) of South African labour legislation affecting fixed-term contract employees and give an opinion on the effectiveness of such provisions in protecting the rights of the employed. This will include a discussion of the relevant jurisprudence and identify a number of shortcomings associated with the relevant legislation prior to recent amendments. Those relevant amendments will then be detailed and summarized in order to establish their effectiveness in remedying these shortcomings. The paper will close with recommendations with reference to foreign jurisdictions and a concluding remark on the present state of the law protecting fixed-term contract employees in South Africa.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10413/14733
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_US
dc.subjectLabor laws and legislation--South Africa.en_US
dc.subjectFixed-term labor contracts--South Africa.en_US
dc.subjectLabor contract--South Africa.en_US
dc.subject.otherFixed term contract employees.en_US
dc.subject.otherVulnerable employees.en_US
dc.subject.otherTermination of contracts.en_US
dc.subject.otherRenewal of contracts.en_US
dc.subject.otherEmployment security.en_US
dc.titleProtecting fixed-term contract employees In South Africa: the past and the present.en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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