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An employer may dismiss an employee for lodging a false grievance
9th September 2020 An employer may dismiss an employee if he or she has lodged a grievance against another employee which is false. Dismissing an employee for doing... →
Additional obligations for designated employers under the Employment Equity Act
20th August 2020 A recent bill submitted to Parliament for consideration would seek to impose potentially stringent new quotas for numerical targets for the... →
Unprotected Strike Action: An 'essential service' in terms of the National Disaster Management is not automatically regarded an essential service terms of the Labour Relations Act
4th August 2020 Issue: Whether an essential service in terms of the National Disaster Management Act (NDMA) is deemed an essential service for the purposes of the... →
COVID-19: Could asset based financing be the answer for smaller businesses suffering from cash flow shortages?
30th July 2020 There is hope for small businesses suffering from the impact of the COVID-19 national lockdown who have been unable to look to financial... →
How the CCMA has adopted to digital platforms
21st July 2020 On or about 8 May 2020 the Director of the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (the CCMA) issued an Urgent Directive in respect... →
South African Airways In Business Rescue – No Retrenchments Until The Business Rescue Plan Requires It
13th July 2020 On 9 July 2020, the Labour Appeal Court handed down the much anticipated judgement relating to the embattled South African Airways, and the dispute... →
Retrenchment consultations: the use of video-conferencing
9th July 2020 Whether an employer may utilise Zoom when conducting consultations in a retrenchment exercise. If not, does the continuation of the consultations... →
Discovery vs Liberty – When is use of a trade mark an infringement?
6th July 2020 Various Discovery companies took Liberty Group Limited to court over Liberty’s use of Discovery’s VITALITY and DISCOVERY registered trade marks in... →
