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Employers too often misuse disciplinary warnings or avoid using them at all because they are unsure of how the law allows them to use...

Due to state capture loadshedding, unexpected power outages, Covid and maladministration South Africa’s economy is in crisis...

The Covid state of disaster regulations expired on 15 April 2022. However, these were replaced by...

The CCMA, from time to time, suffers case backlogs and delays in resolving disputes. One of the reasons for this is the fact that the CCMA..

It is contentious as to whether second generation outsourcing falls under section 197 of the Labour Relations Act, which is the law...

The Covid risk plan may include social distancing measures including minimising the number of workers in the workplace through rotation...

The government’s unsatisfactory service delivery record threatens its prospects for the national elections to be held in 15 months’ time...

Employers have normally disallowed external legal representatives to represent accused employees at disciplinary hearings. This is mainly...

Appended to the Labour Relations Act is The Code of Good Practice: Dismissal. This Code requires an employer to consider a number...

Even serious assault might not merit dismissal if the employer is unable to show that the misconduct rendered the employment relationship...

Case law makes it very dangerous for an employer to sign employment contracts before it is certain that there is definitely a job for the...

It's often easier and less expensive to promote an employee into a vacant senior post than to go through the costly and time-consuming...

National minimum wage adjusted and reviewed.

New earnings threshold in terms of Basic Conditions of Employment Act

In South Africa, where there is heavy competition for jobs it is not unusual for job applicants to deceive prospective employers in order...

Even without the effects of Covid absenteeism is a most problematic form of misconduct because it reduces productivity. Most employers there

Employers frequently misuse probation agreements to get rid of employees instantly because: the employee has committed misconduct...

While all retrenchments are painful and often devastating for employees it is normal, especially during Covid, for employers to retrench...

Employers are, in certain cases, allowed by law to use Retention of Necessary Skills as a criterion instead of Last-In-First-Out. However, p

Even without the effects of Covid absenteeism is a most problematic form of misconduct because it reduces productivity. Most employers there