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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 [...]

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 [...]

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:  Compensation Commissioner v Georgia Badenhorst case Mental health and its effect on an individual’s functionality has increased [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

For the first time in the history of South Africa, the government has formulated a comprehensive National Labour Migration Policy (NLMP), says Employment and Labour minister Thulas Nxesi. In a [...]

How does the labour court decide whether a business is a “going concern” for the purpose of s197? Well, as lawyers are fond of saying – “…it depends on the facts”. The saying is especially true [...]

South Africa on Thursday said it would not renew temporary permits of around a quarter-of-a-million Zimbabweans working in the country when their visas expire next month. Some 250,000 Zimbabweans [...]

A recent judgment in the Labour Appeal Court (LAC) has re-emphasized that employees have a duty of good faith to their employers, by disclosing material activities that may result in a conflict [...]