People Solved Consulting (Pty) Ltd - STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM THIS AGENCY

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I'll elaborate later - but unless you want to get screwed over badly like I have been... Or can afford to go to labour court - avoid at all costs !!!
 
You effectively work for them, but are then contracted out to the actual clients at a profit to them (They have no IT division of their own to the best of my knowledge). No pay for sick leave, annual leave or family responsibility. In effect you have to report to two employers at once. Added to that they reckon their contract falls outside the basic conditions of employment act and the labour law. Add to this the fact that I only received that contract once I had already commenced work with the client.... I don't want to go into a lot more details here right now. But I will publish the relevant clauses shortly (if permitted by the site owners & admins) here. If not then I'll publish elsewhere.... (You'll find it on Google once it's done)
 
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If you work for a company, then BCoE apply, regardless of what the company may think.

The client you are contracted out to does not care about the details, thats why they pay a company like this to provide staff... but that doesn't mean you don't get leave or anything of the sort.. you contact your parent company, request it and go on leave.. they must make a plan for someone else to fill your shoes while you're away.
 
The Basic Conditions of Employment Act applies to all employers and workers, but not members of the -

National Defence Force,
National Intelligence Agency, or
South African Secret Service; or
unpaid volunteers working for charity.

The section of the Act that regulate working hours does not apply to:

workers in senior management
sales staff who travel and regulate their own working hours
workers who work less than 24 hours in a month
workers who earn more than R115 572 per year
workers engaged in emergency work are excluded from certain provisions.
unless you fall under the above you re covered by the employment act

s for leave see below from wht i figure the only one you not entitled to is family leave as you probably not considered a full time employee,
LEAVE : CHAPTER THREE

3.1 Application

The chapter on leave does not apply to an employee who works less than 24 hours a month for an employer and to leave granted in excess of the leave entitlement under this chapter.

3.2 Annual leave : Sections 20 & 21

3.2.1 Employees are entitled to 21 consecutive days’ annual leave or by agreement, one day for every 17 days worked or one hour for every 17 hours worked.

3.2.2 Leave must be granted not later than six months after the end of the annual leave cycle.

3.2.3 An employer must not pay an employee instead of granting leave except on termination of employment.

3.3 Sick leave : Sections 22 – 24

3.3.1 An employee is entitled to six weeks’ paid sick leave in a period of 36 months.

3.3.2 During the first six months an employee is entitled to one day’s paid sick leave for every 26 days worked.

3.3.3 An employer may require a medical certificate before paying an employee who is absent for more than two consecutive days or who is frequently absent.

3.4 Maternity leave : Sections 25 & 26

3.4.1 A pregnant employee is entitled to four consecutive months’ maternity leave.

3.4.2 A pregnant employee or employee nursing her child is not allowed to perform work that is hazardous to her or her child.

3.5 Family responsibility leave : Section 27

3.5.1 Full time employees are entitled to three days paid family responsibility leave per year, on request, when the employee’s child is born or sick, or in the event of the death of the employee’s spouse or life partner, or the employee’s parent, adoptive parent, grandparent, child, adopted child, grandchild or sibling.

3.5.2 An employer may require reasonable proof.
 
This is one of the reasons COSATU is against labor brokers!
 
Here are the clauses in question:

"The parties intend that the Contractor shall provide the services to the Company as a Contractor and not
as an employee or agent of the company
. Nothing contained in this agreement shall be considered or be
construed as to establish or constitute an employment relationship between the parties. Accordingly, should
the Contractor be an individual, such Contractor shall not be treated as an employee of the Company for the
purposes of any of the employment laws of the Republic of South Africa."

"not, for a period of 12 months from the date upon which the Contractor was introduced to the Client
by the Company, or the last date on which the Contractor rendered the prescribed services to the
Client, render any services or prescribed services (directly or indirectly) to the Client which are either
the same or similar to the prescribed services
, save and except with the prior written consent of
the Company having been had and obtained, or the Client or the Contractor paying the Company
a placement fee at the Company’s rate applicable at the time such employment or temporary
employment is accepted by the Contractor"

"No additional payment will be made for, nor will the Contractor be entitled to, the benefits applicable to
permanent employment such as, inter alia, Pension Fund, Medical Aid, Group Life Assurance, Disability Income
Insurance and a 13th cheque, due to the temporary and limited nature of this temporary contract. The monthly
rate outlined in Annexure “A” is inclusive of these benefits and the Contractor is therefore required to make
their own provision for such benefits."

"The Contractor is required to take 15 working days leave per annum. Leave must be discussed and agreed with
the Company and the Client in advance and will be granted on a basis of 1.25 working days per month worked
in terms of this agreement. Such annual leave will not be paid
at the time of taking the leave as the monthly
rate as reflected in Annexure “A” is inclusive of these benefits. The Contractor is therefore required to make
provision for these days.

No additional payment will be made for public holidays that fall on a week day or for annual leave days, sick
leave days and family responsibility leave days as the above monthly rate is inclusive of these benefits.
The Contractor is therefore required to make provision for these days.

The Contractor will be entitled to sick leave on grounds of medical incapacity accruing at one working day per
five weeks worked in terms of this contract, and such sick leave on normal working days will not be paid at
the time of taking the sick leave
as the monthly rate as reflected in Annexure “A” is inclusive of these benefits.
A medical certificate shall be submitted for any period of absence when so requested by the Contractor’s
manager."

"The Contractor will be entitled to three working days paid responsibility leave per year completed in terms of
this agreement. Such family responsibility leave will not be paid
at the time of taking the leave as the monthly
rate as reflected in Annexure “A” is inclusive of these benefits. The Contractor is therefore required to make
provision for these days. All leave is subject to the company’s policies and procedures."

"It is recorded and agreed that this contract shall be deemed and considered to be a fixed term contract,
specifically linked and subject to the service agreement between the Company and the Client, in terms
whereof the Contractor provides its services to the client in terms of this agreement. Therefore, the Contractor
agrees and acknowledges that should the Client no longer require the Contractor’s services for any reason
whatsoever, and notifies the Company accordingly, this contract shall automatically terminate and be regarded
as having reached the end of the fixed term.

Therefore, the Contractor is only entitled to render services in terms of this contract for as long as the Client
listed in Annexure “A” hereto requires the services of the contractor;

Subject to the provisions of this clause, should either party commit any breach of his obligations in terms
hereof and fail to remedy that breach within 7 (seven) days after receipt of written notice to do so, whether
sent by post, delivered by hand or sent by fax (subject to proof of delivery), the other party shall be entitled to
terminate this agreement;

In the event of the Company not receiving payment from the client on due date, the Company reserves the
right to withdraw the Contractor from the Client without further notice. In the event of such non-payment
taking place, the company reserves to itself the right to cancel this agreement immediately and in such event
the Company will have no further obligation to the Contractor
;

The Company and the Contractor agree that notwithstanding the fact that this contract is considered to be a
fixed term contract linked to the Company’s service agreement with the Client, either party shall at all times be
entitled to terminate this agreement at any time before the expiry of such fixed term by giving written notice
of termination of this agreement to the other party, in accordance with the cancellation period specified in
Annexure “A”."

"All rights, including copyright, in computer software, documentation and products produced by the Contractor
in terms of this agreement shall vest in and be retained by the Company
."

"The Contractor shall disclose and if so requested by the Company, cede and assign to the Company or
its nominee, free of consideration and upon demand or in terms of such request, all patent, copyrights
and other rights in and to all designs, systems, strategies, processes, methods, discoveries or inventions
made, designed or conceived in whole or in part by him in the course of or incidentally to or in connection
with, his employment by the Company.
"

"Te Company" refers to People Solved (Pty) Ltd. "The Client" refers to whomever they rent you out to. "The Contractor" refers to myself or anyone employed by People Solved.

More to follow....
 
This is one of the reasons COSATU is against labor brokers!

^ this - they are labour brokers. COSATU and others want to ban this practice but, surprisingly, many people on this forum seem to think it's ok
 
According to that wording, you are still entitled to leave etc but it has been worked into your rate. You are not expected to work weekends or public holidays so no pay is required. If you do then it is a breach. The main clause that I would not aggree with is the sudden cancelation if the contracting company and the client of the company break their aggreement and you are left in the cold. There should be some form of notice period or severance clause.
 
Yeah, the leave has been worked into your rate, and you are a contractor to People Solved Consultancy as well....

Like Kosmik said, the only clause I would be worried/upset about is the immediate cancellation clause. A clause like that works both ways unfortunately... since you are not an "employee" you are well within your rights to terminate services immediately and move on if you ask me.
 
"The Contractor will be entitled to three working days paid responsibility leave per year completed in terms of
this agreement. Such family responsibility leave will not be paid at the time of taking the leave as the monthly
rate as reflected in Annexure “A” is inclusive of these benefits. The Contractor is therefore required to make
provision for these days. All leave is subject to the company’s policies and procedures."

What utter *****!!!

I would find another job and leave them. Lesson learnt.
 
^ this - they are labour brokers. COSATU and others want to ban this practice but, surprisingly, many people on this forum seem to think it's ok

I'm a professional and have worked for many labour brokers without incident. In fact the opposite, I'll gladly work for one again.

That said I do suppose its a free-for-all for those brokering day-labourers.
 
I've left already "The Librarian''.
(Kosmik)"Yeah, the leave has been worked into your rate, and you are a contractor to People Solved Consultancy as well...."
As for that they added about R20pm to my salary which is nowhere near enough compared to my monthly salary + another R8 or so for sick leave. I wasn't informed of any of this beforehand. I just assumed it would be a standard CTC contract with leave etc piled on top as was the case with all my previous contracts in the past. I settled for an amount (before I knew about these other clauses) which was less than I required in any event. The fact that I only received the contract after I had been working there for 2 days already didn't help either. In the meantime I had turned down a number of interviews already because I had the position 'secured'. Lesson learned. I am disseminating this information mainly to warn other job seekers in the market. I'm a senior Dev/Team leader and I can't believe that I was caught out like this. The fact that the guy from the agency told me 'not to spread their name around' because 'they like to fly under the radar', during my initial telephonic interview makes a lot of sense now. I know the reason why in hindsight....
 
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PS - It was an hourly rate not a monthly rate not ass stipulated in the contract. That rate was capped to a maximum number of hours without written consent from "The client" which the agency verbally translated to a monthly rate. However when ''The client" was away, I received explicit verbal instructions from him to work through the night. Which I did. That ended up being a 36Hr + Non stop shift. I was never paid for those extra hours... I've always worked on trust basis, but from now on I'd recommend getting everything in writing.
 
Interesting... another person burnt by PeopleSolved...
Mate of mine says he is going to put up a wesbite of these f**kers.

It is labour broking, plain and simple. I have been burnt before by one of these... Never again!
 
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