Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr
New Home Affairs 2025 Immigration Service Targets positive, but decisive action will need to be taken
13th January 2025 On 25 October 2024, the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) presented the 2024 Budget Review and Recommendations Report to Parliament. In the report,... →
Pre-arbitration minute or not?
26th November 2024 The recent judgment of the Labour Appeal Court (LAC) in Mbeje and Others v Department of Health: KwaZulu-Natal and Others (DA33/2022) [2024] ZALAC... →
Unlawful termination of employment contracts: No automatic right to specific performance
21st November 2024 In the Labour Appeal Court (LAC) case of Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa and Others v Ngoye and Others [2024 45 ILJ 1228 (LAC) the LAC... →
Costly negligence: Employee ordered to pay damages for contract breach and financial harm
12th November 2024 In a landmark ruling in Mogale and Another v National Health Laboratory Services (JS958/2019) [2024] ZALCJHB 362 (13 September 2024), the Labour... →
The Department of Employment and Labour clamps down on employment of illegal foreigners: What employers should know
16th October 2024 The Department of Employment and Labour (DEL) has recently stepped up its inspection raids, which has attracted significant media attention, mostly... →
Discrimination v differentiation: A remuneration dispute
26th September 2024 In 2003, the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality (Municipality) took a decision to make use of fixed-term contracts of employment for... →
Silence is violence: the role of men in advocating for women’s rights and curbing the rise of gender-based discrimination
27th August 2024 Building a nation in which the perspectives and opinions of men and women are regarded equally, and where their rights are protected equally at all... →
LGBTQIA+ women in the workplace – are current protections enough?
21st August 2024 In many ways, South Africa is a leader on the continent in terms of protections and equal treatment for LGBTQIA+ people. Our constitution clearly... →
