Archive for January 2023

Due to persistent load shedding since the end of 2022, the question of payment has again been raised:  Do employers have to pay employees during periods that they cannot work as a consequence of load shedding?  We addressed the question previously, but the principles are worth repeating. Our understanding is as follows: 1.  The normal rule…

Sexual Harassment — Liability of EmployerIn Amothole District Municipality v Commission for Conciliation, Mediation & Arbitration & others (at 109) the Labour Appeal Court was satisfied that the evidence before the CCMA clearly showed that the conduct complained of was consensual, and that the employee had failed to prove sexual harassment. The employer was, in…