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In the recent South African Labour Appeal Court (“LAC”) decision of Total South Africa (Pty) Ltd v Meyer and others, the LAC, in addressing the issue of whether the decision to grant maximum [...]

A recent South African High Court decision explores some interesting issues regarding the scope of the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Commission’s (the “Commission”) [...]

The Personal Information Act (POPIA) came into effect as of 1 July 2020, with a grace period of a year in which any person or organisation who keeps any type of records relating to the [...]

On 10 August 2021, the South African Minister of Employment and Labour gazetted Regulations which established a temporary financial relief scheme for workers who have lost income due to the [...]

The legal pathway has been created for employers to make it mandatory for staff to be vaccinated and employers who decided to make the vaccination mandatory may experience some significant [...]

Employee was given notice to attend a Disciplinary Hearing for misconduct.  On the day that the employee received the notice to attend the Disciplinary Hearing, she tendered her “resignation [...]

The civil unrest that South Africa faced this past week has left many employers asking questions such as: What may an employer do if its employee is seen on social media participating in the [...]

The Constitutional Court recently in NUMSA obo Nganezi & Others v Dunlop Mixing and Technical Services (Pty) Ltd & Others (2019) 40 ILJ 1957 (CC) (“Dunlop”) clarified [...]

The recent widespread acts of theft at shopping malls, warehouses and distribution centres in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal have created extraordinary challenges for many businesses – businesses [...]

With looting and violence continuing unabated in many parts of South Africa and with the reams of video footage depicting the brazenness of the looters, the question on many employers’ minds is [...]