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Labour Law & Unions

Zero-tolerance policy revisited: Postive cannabis test is not enough for a fair dismissal

Jacques van Wyk 11 Dec 2024

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Labour Law

Are employers' responsibilities to act against GBV limited to the workplace?

Keshni Naicker, Amandla Makhongwana, and Angel Phakathi 25 Nov 2024

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Labour Law

Icala aliboli - DUIs and why you can still be fired over a 2-year-old lie

Amandla Makhongwana and Jerry Kaapu 18 Nov 2024

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Labour Law

Dismissal disputes: Trust breakdown evidence not always required

Amandla Makhongwana and Chloë Loubser 7 Oct 2024

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Labour Law

Conciliation: A vital step when challenging fairness of retrenchments

Chloë Loubser 30 Sep 2024

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Labour Law

LAC deems subjective assessments 'unfair' in retrenchment process

Chloë Loubser, Mbali Mnyandu, and Josua Loots 25 Sep 2024

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Labour Law & Unions

Importance of consensus in retrenchment consultation process

Amandla Makhongwana 10 Sep 2024

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Labour Law

Retrenchments: When can employers forgo a section 189(3) notice?

Amandla Makhongwana and Jared Allen 21 Aug 2024

The CCMA has dismissed a claim for unfair dismissal by a former Dis-Chem employee with cancer. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks/GroundUp

Labour Law & Unions

In sickness and in health: What can workers expect from their employer if they are too sick to work?

Tania Broughton and GroundUp Staff 14 Aug 2024

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Labour Law & Unions

Devil in the details: Calculating compensation for unfair dismissal

Ayanda Nkabinde and Soraia Machado 5 Aug 2024

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Labour Law

Can you challenge a dismissal when the company is in business rescue?

Lesley Mokgoro and Odirile Matladi 11 Jun 2024

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Labour Law & Unions

Losing your protection? When protected strikes turn bad

Jacques van Wyk 24 Apr 2024

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Labour Law & Unions

Why criminal records might not be an employment dealbreaker

22 Apr 2024

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Labour Law & Unions

Why 'unlawful dismissal' doesn't mean 'automatic reinstatement'

Chloë Loubser and Caity Barbour 18 Apr 2024

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Labour Law & Unions

Unfair dismissal based on age: Labour Court's landmark ruling

Deon Visagie and Jamie Jacobs 26 Feb 2024

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Labour Law

Employee confessions - are they valid? LAC ruling

Chloë Loubser 29 Jan 2024

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Labour Law & Unions

The cost of ignoring a CCMA judgment

13 Dec 2023

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ESG & Sustainability

ESG: Crucial for businesses to engage employees, especially Gen Z

Andile Mphale, Lawtons Africa 14 Nov 2023

Social Media

Mediation fails between Meta and Kenyan moderators, rights group says

George Obulutsa 17 Oct 2023

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Labour Law

Qualified, but still a liar - consequences of CV misrepresentation

Jacques van Wyk and Andre van Heerden 10 Oct 2023

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Labour Law

Claiming constructive dismissal - take advice from your wingman

Johan Botes 21 Sep 2023

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Labour Law & Unions

Kenyan court orders mediation in Meta labour dispute

George Obulutsa 23 Aug 2023

The Prasa property in Newlands, Cape Town, which axed board chairperson Leonard Ramatlakane rented for three months, had not been rented out by the rail agency for eight years, according to Ramatlakane’s affidavit before the High Court. Photo: Steve Kretzmann | GroundUp

Labour Law & Unions

Axed Prasa board chair goes to court to get his job back

Steve Kretzmann 23 Aug 2023

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Labour Law & Unions

Labour law has limits to employee protection; employers are entitled to fair treatment too

Bradley Workman-Davies 14 Aug 2023

A Sars employee who took part in an EFF protest while claiming to be on sick leave must be fired, the Labour Court has ruled. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks | GroundUp

Labour Law & Unions

"Sick" Sars employee spotted at EFF protest must be fired, judge rules

Tania Broughton 24 Jul 2023

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Labour Law & Unions

When is reinstatement not permissible?

Bradley Workman-Davies and Michiel Heyns 20 Jul 2023

Some of the workers, who were dismissed from the Frimax chip factory in Verulam, Durban, for participating in an unprotected strike last month, wait outside the CCMA. Photo: Tsoanelo Sefoloko / GroundUp

Labour Law & Unions

Chip factory workers will challenge dismissal in Labour Court

Tsoanelo Sefoloko 17 Jul 2023

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Labour Law & Unions

Can employees be fired for refusing to work overtime?

Jacques van Wyk and Michiel Heyns 7 Jul 2023

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Labour Law

Can an employee be dismissed for the results of a breathalyser?

Kenneth Lennox 3 Jul 2023

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Labour Law & Unions

Labour Court slams minister for "unlawfully" firing staffer after being stuck in a lift for an hour

Tania Broughton 6 Jun 2023

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Labour Law

What employers should know before using AI in dismissals

Mehnaaz Bux and Keah Challenor 10 May 2023

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Labour Law

Beware cutting and pasting provisions in settlement agreements

Nonkosazana Nkosi 8 May 2023

Labour Law

Court rules Meta can be sued in Kenya over alleged unlawful redundancies

Ayenat Mersie 20 Apr 2023

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Labour Law

Hearsay: The role of medical certificates in court

Jacques van Wyk & Michiel Heyns 14 Apr 2023

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Labour Law & Unions

Pitfalls of not preserving restraint of trade rights in final settlement

Brett Abraham & Jenna Atkinson 1 Mar 2023

Image: A Standard Bank branch manager fired for “misconduct” must be reinstated, the Johannesburg Labour Appeal Court has ruled. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks/GroundUp

Labour Law & Unions

You can't be fired just because you're unpopular, court says

Tania Broughton 15 Feb 2023

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Labour Law

Once judged, twice... res judicata

Mpumelelo Nxumalo and Kalene Watson 27 Jan 2023

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Labour Law

Private cannabis use v zero-tolerance policy - and the winner is...

Kerry Fredericks and Bradley Workman-Davies 8 Dec 2022

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Labour Law & Unions

Employee dismissed for wanting to wear heels... Now the shoe is on the other foot

Eugene Phajane, Mpumelelo Nxumalo, Kalene Watson, Kgololego Pooe & Masibulele Mabanga 11 Nov 2022

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Labour Law & Unions

Representing employees in industries outside trade union's constitution

Jacques van Wyk and Andre van Heerden 30 Aug 2022

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Labour Law & Unions

Is dismissal for derivative misconduct in the workplace fair?

Jacques van Wyk and Andre van Heerden 22 Aug 2022

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Labour Law & Unions

Firing employees over retirement age 'fair' - Labour Court

Jacques van Wyk and Andre van Heerden 11 Aug 2022

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Labour Law

What should companies consider when removing a director?

Mpumelelo Nxumalo, Ziningi Hlophe, Kalene Watson & Masibulele Mab 27 Jul 2022

Invalid or unfair? No shortcuts to the Labour Court

Labour Law

Invalid or unfair? No shortcuts to the Labour Court

Brett Abraham 5 Jul 2022

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Labour Law & Unions

Dismissed, determined doper loses court bid to be reinstated

Tania Broughton 28 Jun 2022

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Taxation & Regulation

We need much more strengthening protection for whistle-blowers

Kwazi Dlamini 23 Jun 2022

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Labour Law & Unions

No severance pay for employee who refused Covid vaccination

Tania Broughton 17 May 2022

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Labour Law & Unions

Is dismissal for intimidation and accusations of racism fair?

28 Feb 2022