SOUTH AFRICAN JURISDICTION NETS FOREIGN COMPANIES

SOUTH AFRICAN JURISDICTION NETS FOREIGN COMPANIES

Our labour dispute resolution system often claims jurisdiction over foreign employers. When a foreign embassy is situated in South Africa it is in fact, according to law, based on foreign soil. A South African working at a South African-based foreign embassy would...
COURTS INSIST ON ADHERENCE TO DISCIPLINARY POLICIES

COURTS INSIST ON ADHERENCE TO DISCIPLINARY POLICIES

The law makes it essential for employers to act with great care and expertise in gathering evidence and in designing and applying their disciplinary policies. The Labour Courts are most intolerant of employers who do not follow their own disciplinary policies and who...
COVID NOT ALWAYS A FAIR REASON TO RETRENCH

COVID NOT ALWAYS A FAIR REASON TO RETRENCH

Due to state capture, loadshedding, unexpected power outages, Covid and maladministration South Africa’s economy is in crisis. The biggest fallout of this economic weakness is the very high number of retrenchments in this country. Many employers are tempted to use...
COVID NOT A LICENCE TO CHANGE EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS

COVID NOT A LICENCE TO CHANGE EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS

The Covid state of disaster regulations expired on 15 April 2022. However, these were replaced by a code of good practice for managing Covid in the workplace. The purpose of the code is to ensure that employers go the extra mile to protect employees from contracting...