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In one of the first reportable judgments of 2024, SAA v NUMSA & SACCA, the Labour Court has sent a strong message to Unions which litigate in the Commission for Conciliation, [...]

In the case of NUM OBO MPETE AND OTHERS V MATYOLO AND ANOTHER (JR 755/2019) [2023] ZALCJHB 62 (14 MARCH 2023) the employees were dismissed in December 2017 for participating in an unprotected [...]

In the case of Koprindjiyska v 80 Westcliff (Pty) Ltd t/a Four Seasons Hotel (JS 994/20) [2022] ZALCJHB 325 (22 November 2022), an employee of the Four Seasons Hotel, employed as a Housekeeping [...]

If you need to become compliant Darran Ledden Incorporated Attorneys can assist you! Introduction:  The Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) is legislation that promotes [...]

Multitasking is often celebrated as a virtue, but a ruling by the Labour Court has cast a spotlight on the complex interplay between the rights of employees to seek additional employment, and [...]

Misconduct is inevitable in every workplace, but not each instance of misconduct is always addressed as the disciplinary process can feel overwhelming. Recently, a few judgments have pronounced [...]

In Ephraim Mogale Local Municipality v Hlongwane NO and Another [2023] 9 BLLR 898 (LC), the employee was employed by Ephraim Mogale Local Municipality (the Municipality) as municipal [...]

On 25 October 2023, the Gauteng High Court per Sutherland DJP handed down judgment declaring the provisions of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 75 of 1997 (“BCEA”) relating to [...]

There is a SePedi maxim that says “Molato ga o bole’’, which is loosely translated to mean that there is no prescription for unlawful acts, regardless of the time that has passed since the [...]

Culture is the sum total of the beliefs and traditions of a particular society and religion is a manifestation of culture, not the reverse.”[1] Religious and cultural belief systems go to the [...]