Unfair Labour Practice Referral (ULP)

Unfair promotion, demotion, suspension, transfer, benefits or probation conduct — short of dismissal.

Forum: CCMA or Bargaining Council — LRA s191(5)(b)(i) · Your case file: R249 · preview free

How this works

Describe the act or omission and when it happened (or when you found out).
Download your completed referral.
Lodge within 90 days at the CCMA (or your bargaining council).
Serve the employer; conciliation is first, then arbitration if unresolved.

Section 186(2) of the LRA defines unfair labour practices: unfair conduct relating to promotion or demotion, suspension without reasonable reason, transfer, benefits, or probation. The referral window is only 90 DAYS — this pack drafts the referral and the relief calculation.

Your full name

Contact number

Email (for your receipt) (optional)

Employer (registered name)

Employer address

Your job title

Monthly pay in rand

Which unfair labour practice?

Date of the act or omission

If only later, date you became aware of it (this restarts your 90 days) (optional)

What happened? Compare how others were treated in the same situation.

Did you lodge a grievance or raise it internally? What happened?

What should have happened instead? (e.g. you should have been promoted, suspension lifted with pay)

Your answers are used only to draft your case file on our own servers. We never sell or share them (POPIA-compliant — and we can draft your POPIA complaint too).

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