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First published in 1996, Workplace Law has become one of the most widely used and frequently quoted text books on South African labour...
Introduction
South Africans are in a state of COVID-19 information overload and Employers and Employees alike are finding themselves in circumstances where information is either unreliable or presently uncertain, particularly in respect of what the consequences…
Issue
Whether an act of dishonesty would lead to a breach in the trust relationship so as to render the continuation of employment intolerable.
Summary
Where an employee...
Van Niekerk J recently held that s 187(1)(c) of the Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995 (LRA), which provides that a dismissal is automatically unfair if the reason is ‘a refusal by employees to accept a demand in respect of any matter of mutual interest between them and …
The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (hereinafter referred to as “the CCMA”) is a dispute resolution body which was established in terms of the...
Introduction
This article aims to provide a basic understanding of the Protected Disclosures Act 26 of 2000 (hereinafter “the PDA”), having particular reference to the protection...
Employers’ disciplinary processes and procedures are often steeped in formalism and contain elements of a criminal prosecution. Procedures such as these are not what is...
Despite developments in our law over the years, it seems that parties to an arbitration still have misconceptions on whether or not hearsay evidence is...