It is a major challenge for employers to distinguish between employees who are genuinely sick from those who are malingering...

Important labour legislation applies to circumstances where a business or part thereof is transferred by one employer to another as...

The Cape Town taxi strike created severe harm to employers, employees and the taxi industry alike...

Medico-legal cases often involve complex calculations to determine compensation for the injured party. In cases where a minor...

If an employer fails to attend an arbitration hearing the CCMA has the power to issue a default award in favour of the employee...

I too frequently receive frantic requests from employers to help them get rid of an employee at all costs. In the midst of their panic...

It is well known that South Africa’s Constitution, the Equality act and the Employment Equity Act all render racism unlawful...

It is common for employers to try to avoid employing employees directly and often prefer to use alternative and temporary resources such...

We have compiled an assortment of valuable links to reputable South African legal information resources accessible in the public domain....

Schedule 8 of the Labour Relations Act (LRA) states, in effect, that the employer should conduct an investigation and allow the employee ...

Attorneys play a significant role in the legal system, advocating for justice and upholding the rule of law. The demands of the legal...

The ability to get away with breaking the law has encouraged many employers to mistreat undocumented foreign people employed by them...

The Labour Relations Act (LRA) provides for employees who have been passed over for promotion to lodge an unfair labour practice dispute...

Third-party claims, personal injury claims, medico-legal… terms we are all aware of, and some even practice. But what about the...

The code of good practice that regulates the conducting of misconduct dismissal arbitrations increases the obligation on commissioners to...

BY lvan lsraelstam, Chief Executive of Labour Law Management Consulting. He may be contacted on (011) 888-7944 or 0828522973 or on...

Every employer and every employee has the right to expect that the other is trustworthy...

South African law provides heavy protection for pregnant employees, and does so via numerous pieces of legislation. Included in this...