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Legal Help · Work
What the Labour Act and your contract of employment govern, what the National Industrial Court exists for, and how to build the record an employment claim actually runs on.
Your employment has ended, wages are outstanding, or the workplace has become untenable.
Two questions that change the order of this page. They produce no assessment of your situation, and everything below is here whether you answer them or not.
Where to start reading
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In general terms, and naming the instruments. This is not a statement about your particular circumstances.
Practical, and in the order that usually matters. Doing none of this is not a legal failing — it is simply harder afterwards.
What you should do
What you should not do
The sequence most of these situations follow. Each step is educational: it describes what the stage is, not what you should decide.
The points at which reading stops being enough.
The routes that most often apply to this situation, in the order they are usually worth trying.
Where to get actual help
These are the routes that most often apply to this situation. Each one has its own criteria and its own limits, and none of them is guaranteed to take your matter.