By Jonathan Goldberg and Grant Wilkinson In Umgeni Water V Naidoo And Another (11489/2017P) [2022] ZAKZPHC 80 (15 December 2022) The employer was involved in the bulk distribution of water in KwaZulu-Natal. The state-owned entity (SoE) designed a graduate development...
In the case of REEFLORDS PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT (PTY) LTD V ALMEIDA (JA72/2020) [2022] ZALAC 8, an employee was called into a meeting with three senior colleagues to discuss a transfer. She was told she had to move out of the sales department and into the employer’s...
In the case of INDEPENDENT RISK DISTRIBUTORS SA (PTY) LTD V CCMA AND OTHERS (JR 1906/19) [2022] ZALCJHB 282 The employee was charged with misconduct, for gross insubordination. The employer took issue with the employee for challenging and/or undermining the authority...
In the case of Percy v Two Rivers Platinum Mine and Others (JR1777/19) [2023] ZALCJHB 31 (6 March 2023) the employee was suspended after which he was charged with dishonesty. The employee had utilised company and contractor employees and facilities at the salvage yard...
In the case of South African National Blood Service v NEHAWU obo Mathobisa and Others (JR 654/2021) [2023] ZALCJHB 58 the employee was employed as an inventory technician. She was dismissed on 11 August 2020 after a disciplinary hearing, when she was found to have...
Equity bill: Employers need to set race, gender and persons with disabilities targets by Jonathan Goldberg What will probably be one of the most far-reaching labour statutes in the recent past, the Employment Equity Amendment Bill (EEAB), has been assented to by the...
President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed the Employment Equity Amendment Bill into law. It allows the Labour Minister to set specific equity targets for different sectors. The President says it will promote diversity, equality and transformation in the workplace. But, the...
