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If you are sent to prison, you cannot work and so your employer will dismiss you or take it that you have resigned.
Review Applications must be initiated within six weeks of the award from the CCMA.
No, it is not legal to fire someone without a warning or disciplinary hearing in terms of the Labour Relations Act.
It is illegal not to pay your domestic worker's UIF. Your mother should apply for social grants and housing.
You can report the matter to the CCMA.
If you were married before 1 November 1984, she can apply for redistribution of assets.
You will have to provide some proof of the marriage, like lobola letters of a letter from the chief.
The UIF website does not specify what type of marriage certificate is needed, so it seems unlikely.
No, only the provident fund can withhold an employee's provident fund for reasons stipulated in Section 37 of the Pensions Act.
The Compensation Commissioner will not pay for claims that are made more than 12 months after the accident.