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By Jenni Evans and Lenin Ndebele Zimbabwean expatriates are scrambling to apply for a visa to continue living in South Africa after their Zimbabwe Extension Permits (ZEP) expired in December. If [...]

With South African businesses and employees growing increasingly reliant on WhatsApp as a means of communication, it has become increasingly common for labour disputes to arise around the [...]

Employment and Labour minister Thulas Nxesi says his department is in the process of finalising two new documents which will tighten employment laws, including limitations on the hiring of [...]

A benefits dispute Eskom implemented its income differentials decision in compliance with the provisions of the income differentials of the EEA.  The employee was eligible to have her salary [...]

NEHAWU obo N Phathela v Office of the Premier: Limpopo Provincial Government and Others (LC) (unreported case no J1480/2021, 7-2-2022) (Tulk AJ) The Protected Disclosures Act 26 of 2000 (PDA), [...]

Stein v Minister of Education and Training and Others (LC) (unreported case no J415/20, 14-5-2020) (Mahosi J) In terms of s 34(1) of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act 75 of 1997 (BCEA), the [...]

Sephai v Barloworld Transport (Pty) Ltd (LC) (unreported case no JS411/16, 14-12-2021) (Mabaso AJ) In terms of Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995 (LRA), a strike action must comply with substantive [...]

In the arbitration between Ms Cecilia Bessick (Applicant) and Baroque Medical (Pty) Ltd (Respondent),  the Commissioner had to determine whether the Applicant was unfairly retrenched based [...]

Where the consulting parties have agreed on the selection criteria to be used, the employer is obliged to implement the criteria.  However, where no agreement can be reached between the [...]

Bakenrug Meat (Pty) Ltd t/a Joostenberg Meat v CCMA and Others (LAC) (CA8/2020, 18-1-2022) (Davis JA with Savage AJA and Waglay JP concurring). The appellant’s business involves producing and [...]