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Can employees be suspended without being afforded the opportunity to make representations?

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Aug 75 min read

Can employees be suspended without being afforded the opportunity to make representations?

Authors: Jason Shephard– Candidate Attorney Supervised by: Lavery Modise –Special Counsel This judgment concerns the issue of placing...

Is a criminal record a justifiable bar to employment or does it amount to unfair discrimination?

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Jul 184 min read

Is a criminal record a justifiable bar to employment or does it amount to unfair discrimination?

Is a Criminal Record a Justifiable Bar to Employment or Does it Amount to Unfair Discrimination?

Increase in the National Minimum Wage effective 1 March 2024

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Mar 82 min read

Increase in the National Minimum Wage effective 1 March 2024

On 3 February 2024, the Minister of Employment and Labour announced that the National Minimum Wage will increase

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Nov 21, 20233 min read

Male "maternity" leave

The constitutionality of section 25 of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act (BCEA) dealing with parental, adoption and commissioning paren

Exemptions from collective agreements are not for the asking or taking

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Nov 16, 20233 min read

Exemptions from collective agreements are not for the asking or taking

Collective agreements are the centrepiece of the labour dispensation in South Africa.

Framing ESG for employers in the South African context

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Nov 7, 20234 min read

Framing ESG for employers in the South African context

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) has been a topic of prominent discussion as of late.

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Jul 6, 20232 min read

Implications of the amended Equity Act

It is anticipated that with effect from 1 September 2023 certain changes will be made to the Employment Equity Act (EEA).

Influencers in the workplace: Can promotional work on social media be regarded as moonlighting?

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Jun 9, 20234 min read

Influencers in the workplace: Can promotional work on social media be regarded as moonlighting?

The use of social media has many benefits; one of them being the creation of work and income opportunities, such as doing promotional work

Can the courts set aside collective agreements?

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Mar 9, 20223 min read

Can the courts set aside collective agreements?

Collective bargaining is the process by which employers and organised groups of employees seek to reconcile their conflicting goals through

When lines are blurred: Trade union or political party

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Jan 27, 20223 min read

When lines are blurred: Trade union or political party

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Nov 10, 20212 min read

COIDA covers COVID-19 side effects

Regulation 4(10) of the regulations under section 27(2) of the Disaster Management Act

The legality of mandatory COVID-19 vaccination in the workplace

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Oct 20, 20214 min read

The legality of mandatory COVID-19 vaccination in the workplace

It has been just over 19 months since the first positive COVID-19 case was identified and confirmed in South Africa.

Looting and civil unrest: The danger of acting with a common purpose

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Sep 6, 20214 min read

Looting and civil unrest: The danger of acting with a common purpose

The arrest of former State President Jacob Zuma sparked civil unrest across the country, particularly in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng.

Football club sales: A Labour Law perspective

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Jun 22, 20214 min read

Football club sales: A Labour Law perspective

The implications of section 197 of the Labour Relations Act on the transfer of status of football clubs.

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May 4, 20213 min read

Trade Unions and The Pandemic

Workers’ Day on 1 May commemorates and acknowledges the role of trade unions in the South African economic landscape as facilitators...

What’s Up with the WhatsApp privacy updates and what does it mean for work WhatsApp groups?

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Mar 12, 20213 min read

What’s Up with the WhatsApp privacy updates and what does it mean for work WhatsApp groups?

A quick answer is that employees and employers do not have to worry about the WhatsApp privacy updates, yet.

Conditional employment contracts – fair or unfair?

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Jan 22, 20214 min read

Conditional employment contracts – fair or unfair?

A recent decision of the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) on the impact of suspensive conditions on the enforceability of a contract raises...

Are you a parent? Do you know what you are entitled to?

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Oct 13, 20204 min read

Are you a parent? Do you know what you are entitled to?

Significant changes to employees’ entitlements to parental leave came into effect with the promulgation of the Labour Laws Amendment Act...

A Trade Union’s Constitution Reigns Supreme

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Oct 8, 20203 min read

A Trade Union’s Constitution Reigns Supreme

In the recent Constitutional Court case of National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa v Lufil Packaging (Isithebe) and Others [2020]...

Cannabis in the workplace – Mthembu an uncertain first step

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Oct 5, 20204 min read

Cannabis in the workplace – Mthembu an uncertain first step

On 18 September 2018, the Constitutional Court decriminalised private cultivation, possession and use of cannabis.