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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 [...]

In Perumal v Clover SA (Pty) Ltd [2021] 11 BLLR 1143 (LC), the employee, employed by Clover SA (the Company), was invited to participate in retrenchment consultations.  During the [...]

An employer’s obligation to provide a safe and healthy working environment for its employees, especially during violence emanating from inter-union rivalry, recently came under the microscope [...]

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The arbitration award by the CCMA, which found the incapacity dismissal of a particular employee, due to her refusal to comply with the employer’s mandatory ‘vaccination’ policy, as fair, has [...]