Safeguarding Your Business If an Employee Faces Criminal Allegations
- 30 March 2022
Employees make the foundation of a business. Efficient and productive employees drive the growth…
Employee Law
Mandatory vaccinations after the state of emergency is lifted
- 16 March 2022
As has been recently publicized, the national state of disaster has been extended by…
Dishonesty surrounding the breach of Covid-19 protocols in the workplace is a fair ground for dismissal
- 14 March 2022
Issue Whether dismissal for dishonesty for infringing the employer’s Covid-19 protocols, was procedurally and…
How to Maximize Compensation in a Personal Injury Claim
- 24 May 2021
Getting involved in an accident can be disruptive, and it often leaves you with…
Employee dismissed for reporting to work with Covid-19
- 10 May 2021
A recent judgment by the Labour Court implores employers to consider whether existing Covid-19…
Can psychometric assessment results be used as a selection criterion during retrenchments?
- 13 October 2020
In a judgment* delivered earlier this year, the Labour Court considered the question of…
COVID-19 – Fortune (500) Telling – how America’s top CEOs see the future after COVID-19
- 10 July 2020
With most companies in South Africa now permitted to operate under the alert level…
Retrenchment consultations: the use of video-conferencing
- 10 July 2020
Issue Whether an employer may utilise Zoom when conducting consultations in a retrenchment exercise….
South Africa: COVID-19 Concessions to Address Immigration issues
- 24 April 2020
Due to the escalating impact of COVID-19 and the growing restrictions on travel, employers…
Q&A – pressing issues employers are addressing in light of the Coronavirus outbreak
- 31 March 2020
Are employees obliged to disclose themselves as a “risk-factor” to the employer? South African…
Demotion as an alternative to retrenchment – one way to assist employers with the COVID-19 outbreak
- 31 March 2020
A number of international and local companies have requested that their employees work from…
The right not to be dismissed – SA courts allowing wider rights & entitlements
- 16 March 2020
There can be very few people who have not heard of phrases such as…
Do employees have an obligation to disclose reason for dismissal from previous employment?
- 16 March 2020
A duty rests on an employee to disclose to his / her future employer…
Coronavirus Q&A: Know your employment rights
- 16 March 2020
The COVID – 19 (or “Coronavirus”) is spreading. Employers and employees have a role…
Falsification of credentials not always dismissable
- 5 March 2020
At this time of year recruitment of new employees is at its peak. Too…