New Harassment Codes
While there have been moves from the legislature to combat violence and harassment in the workplace, in many respects, the South African legislative framework was seen as falling short until [...]
SA’s FIRST LABOUR COURT JUDGEMENT ON A CHALLENGE TO A VACCINATION POLICY
The Labour Court has delivered a judgment dismissing a challenge to an employer’s vaccination policy. The employer’s policy required employees to either vaccinate or produce a [...]
An employee is handed a red card for his actions
Woolworths (Pty) Ltd v CCMA and Others (LAC) (unreported case no PA12/2012, 10-12-2021) (Davis JA with Waglay JP and Savage AJA concurring). On the morning of 9 June 2018, the employee called his [...]
Developing legal approach to mental health in the workplace
Developing legal approach to mental health in the workplace: Compensation Commissioner v Georgia Badenhorst case Mental health and its effect on an individual’s functionality has increased [...]
New Earnings threshold
The regulation of working time for employees who earn in excess of certain amount per year (the “earnings threshold”), is different to that of lower earning employees. Working time is also [...]
Quotas for foreign workers: Offending employers to be fined R100 000
A newly proposed government policy seeks to limit the number of foreign nationals employed at businesses, foreign-owned SMMEs and foreign platform service providers, such as e-hailing drivers. [...]