by Lia Marus | May 23, 2018 | Latest News
Social media is an extremely powerful tool. No longer is being published on a platform – that the entire world can see – the sole domain of print media and limited to a selected few. Anyone can become a published author thanks to the Internet and social...
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 2, 2017 | Latest News
We all know that the world of work is changing. More and more employers are using independent contractors and freelancers to fulfil the function of traditional full-time employees. However, as we’ve written previously, these individuals do not fall under labour law....
by Global Business Editor | Aug 24, 2017 | Latest News, Newsletters
by Jonathan Goldberg and Grant Wilkinson Today’s workforce is changing at a rate of knots. We are about to dive, head first, into the Fourth Industrial Revolution, where many are anxious that the ‘robots’ will take over many existing jobs. With this change a new...
by Global Business Editor | Nov 14, 2011 | Gazettes, Latest News
Aka the need to ensure you are using a compliant provider Introduction The Labour Relations Act (Act 66 of 1995) defines an ’employee’ as “any person, excluding an independent contractor who works for another person or for the State”. It is...
