{"id":447,"date":"2026-08-27T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dummy.xtemos.com\/woodmart2\/elementor\/?p=447"},"modified":"2026-08-27T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T09:00:00","slug":"referring-dismissal-dispute-ccma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/law-firm\/lawyer\/referring-dismissal-dispute-ccma\/","title":{"rendered":"Referring a dismissal dispute to the CCMA"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"447\" class=\"elementor elementor-447\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-negative-gap elementor-element elementor-element-82818f7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"82818f7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d61c02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_text_block\" data-id=\"5d61c02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;highlighted_vertical_offset&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;highlighted_vertical_offset_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;highlighted_vertical_offset_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"wd_text_block.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-text-block reset-last-child text-left\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<p>The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration, known as the CCMA, gives employees and employers a fairly informal way to resolve workplace disputes. If you believe you were dismissed unfairly, the first step is usually conciliation, where a commissioner helps both sides try to reach a settlement. Strict time limits apply to referrals, so it is important not to wait.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-751bcbc elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_image_or_svg\" data-id=\"751bcbc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wd_image_or_svg.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wd-image text-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/law-firm\/lawyer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/marchetti-attorneys-tidy-styled-arrangement-of-a-lease-agreement-pen-k-00e06.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Tidy styled arrangement of a lease agreement, pen, keys and a small potted plant on a pale wooden floor against a white\" srcset=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/law-firm\/lawyer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/marchetti-attorneys-tidy-styled-arrangement-of-a-lease-agreement-pen-k-00e06.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/law-firm\/lawyer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/marchetti-attorneys-tidy-styled-arrangement-of-a-lease-agreement-pen-k-00e06-400x281.jpg 400w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/law-firm\/lawyer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/marchetti-attorneys-tidy-styled-arrangement-of-a-lease-agreement-pen-k-00e06-768x540.jpg 768w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/law-firm\/lawyer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/marchetti-attorneys-tidy-styled-arrangement-of-a-lease-agreement-pen-k-00e06-430x302.jpg 430w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/law-firm\/lawyer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/marchetti-attorneys-tidy-styled-arrangement-of-a-lease-agreement-pen-k-00e06-700x492.jpg 700w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/law-firm\/lawyer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/marchetti-attorneys-tidy-styled-arrangement-of-a-lease-agreement-pen-k-00e06-180x127.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fedfe1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_text_block\" data-id=\"3fedfe1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;highlighted_vertical_offset&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;highlighted_vertical_offset_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;highlighted_vertical_offset_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"wd_text_block.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-text-block reset-last-child text-left\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<p>Gather your contract, payslips, any warning letters and the dismissal notice before you refer the matter. Write down dates and what was said while it is fresh. Employers should prepare in the same way. We can advise either side on the strength of the case and represent you at arbitration where the rules allow legal representation.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you believe a dismissal was unfair, act quickly and keep your documents in order before approaching the CCMA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":144,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[84,88],"class_list":["post-447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-labour-law","tag-ccma","tag-disputes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/law-firm\/lawyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/law-firm\/lawyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/law-firm\/lawyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/law-firm\/lawyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/law-firm\/lawyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=447"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/law-firm\/lawyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35567,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/law-firm\/lawyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447\/revisions\/35567"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/law-firm\/lawyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/law-firm\/lawyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/law-firm\/lawyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/law-firm\/lawyer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}