by Lia Marus | Nov 15, 2017 | Latest News
Since the travesty that befell the country in 2012 with the Marikana incident, South Africa has been described as an extremely strike-prone country with many attendant losses. For example, insurer Sasria recorded claims of nearly R900 million most of which were...
by Lia Marus | Nov 15, 2017 | Newsletters
by Jonathan Goldberg and Grant Wilkinson There has been much case law generated globally thanks to Uber. Specifically, this surrounds the status of Uber drivers. Are they employees or independent contractors? In the UK, a group of Uber Drivers filed a case with the UK...
by Lia Marus | Nov 13, 2017 | Latest News
Earlier this year, we wrote about how social media can become a veritable minefield for you the employer. We also advised that you need to have a social media policy in place in addition to instituting training sessions about social media with your staff. (Click here...
by Lia Marus | Oct 31, 2017 | Latest News
For a dismissal to be valid, it needs to be both procedurally and substantively fair. (To read more about what “substantive fairness” is read our article entitled What Is Considered To Be ‘Fair’ in a Disciplinary Hearing?) Temporary Employment Services (TES) have been...
by Lia Marus | Oct 23, 2017 | Latest News
In the article, What Is Considered To Be ‘Fair’ in a Disciplinary Hearing?, we discussed the conditions necessary for a disciplinary hearing to be considered to be fair. What this means is that to pass muster, a disciplinary hearing must possess the quality of...
