by Gerda | Sep 26, 2023 | Latest News
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...
by Lia Marus | Dec 18, 2020 | Latest News
Should it be found that an employee has been unfairly dismissed, the usual remedy is re-instatement. The case of South African Municipal Workers’ Union and another v Ethekwini Municipality and others – (2019) 1 BILLR 46 (LAC) discusses this further.An employee was...
by Lia Marus | Dec 17, 2020 | Latest News
When setting the retirement age in your company, ensure that your policy is based on solid industry standards. If it is not, you could find yourself having to pay thousands that you had not budgeted for as was the case in Brian Joffe t/a J Air v Commission for...
by Lia Marus | Dec 9, 2020 | Latest News
If one of your female employees informs you that she is pregnant, and does work that could be harmful to her unborn child, you are obliged to find alternative, safer employment for her for the duration of her pregnancy. The case of Samancor Chrome Ltd (Eastern Chrome...
by Lia Marus | Dec 2, 2020 | Latest News
There have been many high profile cases regarding racial insults and the consequences of these for the perpetrator. Shoprite Checkers (Pty) Ltd v Samka and others – (2018) 27 LC 1.11.23 also reported at [2018] 9 BLLR 922 (LC) demonstrates how racial insults...
