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…
Employee Law
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…
Highest Court, in its first judgment of the new decade, upholds the principle of majoritarianism in retrenchments
- 20 February 2020
​In a landmark judgment*, the Constitutional Court has upheld the principle of majoritarianism inherent…
Can an employer rely on the termination clause in a contract of employment to dismiss an executive employee without holding a disciplinary hearing?
- 20 February 2020
It has been almost a year since Old Mutual (OM) terminated the employment of…
An individual employee may not rely on section 187(1)(c) of the LRA
- 20 February 2020
​Section 187(1)(c) of the Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995 (LRA) provides that it…
New parental leave laws and UIF benefits: dispelling the confusion
- 5 February 2020
Following a period of legal limbo, the government notified employers that the parental leave…
D-Day is here: SA expats in for a bumpy ride with SARS
- 21 January 2020
South African legislation governing expatriate tax exemption is set to change dramatically from 1st…