2020 & 2021 Looking back and forward
- 11 January 2021
The pandemic has had a massive impact on the way work has been conducted…
employee law
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…
Update on South African Visa laws
- 30 March 2020
Department of Home Affairs still dragging its heels on a number of matters. 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…
Coronavirus Q&A: Know your employment rights
- 16 March 2020
The COVID – 19 (or “Coronavirus”) is spreading. Employers and employees have a role…
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…
Parental benefits, in terms of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, Effective 1 January 2020
- 10 January 2020
On 23 December 2019 a proclamation was published in terms of which sections 1,…