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Landmark ConCourt ruling on right to fair procedure during retrenchments

Climate-proofing workplaces: Prioritising safety and sustainability

Climate-proofing workplaces: Prioritising safety and sustainability

By Kate Collier 23 May 2024

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Zero tolerance for pandemic of fraudulent medical certificates

By JJ van der Walt 20 May 2024

Pension Funds Adjudicator Muvhango Lukhaimane

PFA orders pension fund to pay former CEO withdrawal benefit

13 Jun 2014

New protocol to help curb forced labour

New protocol to help curb forced labour

12 Jun 2014

Implications of increased tax-free threshold

Implications of increased tax-free threshold

Gavin Stansfield and Abdul Allie 12 Jun 2014

Difference between misconduct and poor performance

Difference between misconduct and poor performance

Richard Pemberton 12 Jun 2014

Report shows SA's labour law is on par with rest of world

Report shows SA's labour law is on par with rest of world

11 Jun 2014

SA Tourism case gives clarity on territorial application of LRA

SA Tourism case gives clarity on territorial application of LRA

Andrea Taylor 11 Jun 2014

President assents Employment Services Act

President assents Employment Services Act

Inez Moosa 11 Jun 2014

Transnet temporarily lifts Ngqura lockout

Transnet temporarily lifts Ngqura lockout

11 Jun 2014

Workers at Tongaat Hulett's refinery in Clairwood are refusing to go back to work despite an agreement being signed between union bosses and company management. Image: Tongaat Hulett

Union settles strike but sugar workers won't work

Nce Mkhize 10 Jun 2014

Numsa workers are allegedly intimidating Transnet's workers who have refused to join their strike action at Ngqura Container Terminal. Image: Numsa

Transnet workers were victims of 'co-ordinated attacks'

Mark Allix 9 Jun 2014

Chief Justice responds to criticism over religion, law

Chief Justice responds to criticism over religion, law

5 Jun 2014

Tell the new Minister of Small Business Development what small business needs

Tell the new Minister of Small Business Development what small business needs

Brett Bowes 5 Jun 2014

Judge Dennis Davis has formed a number of sub-committees to look into whether the tax regime is appropriate for those sectors. Image:

Treasury might hike taxes

4 Jun 2014

Adhering to time frames in new Practice Manual a must

Adhering to time frames in new Practice Manual a must

Shane Johnson 2 Jun 2014

Deputy General Secretary of Numsa, Karl Cloete says that a strike is inevitable if employers don't meet demands for a 15% wage hike for industrial workers. Image:

Crippling new strike threatens

2 Jun 2014

Public urged to assist police into death of miner

Public urged to assist police into death of miner

30 May 2014

Ramathlodi moves to end mine strike

Ramathlodi moves to end mine strike

28 May 2014

New ministers and their portfolios

New ministers and their portfolios

26 May 2014

Numsa wants to widen its strike to include operations at Port Elizabeth harbour. Image:

Numsa numbers may hobble Ngqura plan

Razina Munshi and Mark Allix 26 May 2014

Labour Court judgment surprises

Labour Court judgment surprises

Richard Marcus 26 May 2014

Supreme Court corrects decision on guarantees

Nick Muller 22 May 2014

SGBs join probe into sale of posts

SGBs join probe into sale of posts

22 May 2014

The official ceremony for swearing in of the new Members of Parliament will be held in Cape Town today (21 May). Image: Wikipedia

New MPs to be sworn-in today

21 May 2014

Popcru's Golden Miles Bhudu has been arrested for wearing prison garb. Image:

Department confirms Bhudu's arrest

2 May 2014

President Jacob Zuma has called on striking mineworkers to end their strike and get back to work. Image:

Zuma calls on miners to end their strike

2 May 2014

Wits School of Law to discontinue undergraduate LLB

Wits School of Law to discontinue undergraduate LLB

18 Apr 2014

Labour Court clarifies issue of annual leave

Labour Court clarifies issue of annual leave

Nicholas Preston 17 Apr 2014

Barnard v SAPS: a peculiarly South African tale

Barnard v SAPS: a peculiarly South African tale

Gavin Stansfield and Anli Bezuidenhout 17 Apr 2014

Wits Professor Vinodh Jaichand

'Legal barbarians' force Wits to rethink its LLB degree

17 Apr 2014

Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has appointed a new board for the GEPF. Image: GCIS

State pension fund gets new board, six months late

Carol Paton 17 Apr 2014

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Pension Funds Adjudicator Muvhango Lukhaimane

PFA orders pension fund to pay former CEO withdrawal benefit

13 Jun 2014

New protocol to help curb forced labour

New protocol to help curb forced labour

12 Jun 2014

Implications of increased tax-free threshold

Implications of increased tax-free threshold

Gavin Stansfield and Abdul Allie 12 Jun 2014

Difference between misconduct and poor performance

Difference between misconduct and poor performance

Richard Pemberton 12 Jun 2014

Report shows SA's labour law is on par with rest of world

Report shows SA's labour law is on par with rest of world

11 Jun 2014

SA Tourism case gives clarity on territorial application of LRA

SA Tourism case gives clarity on territorial application of LRA

Andrea Taylor 11 Jun 2014

President assents Employment Services Act

President assents Employment Services Act

Inez Moosa 11 Jun 2014

Transnet temporarily lifts Ngqura lockout

Transnet temporarily lifts Ngqura lockout

11 Jun 2014

Workers at Tongaat Hulett's refinery in Clairwood are refusing to go back to work despite an agreement being signed between union bosses and company management. Image: Tongaat Hulett

Union settles strike but sugar workers won't work

Nce Mkhize 10 Jun 2014

Numsa workers are allegedly intimidating Transnet's workers who have refused to join their strike action at Ngqura Container Terminal. Image: Numsa

Transnet workers were victims of 'co-ordinated attacks'

Mark Allix 9 Jun 2014

Chief Justice responds to criticism over religion, law

Chief Justice responds to criticism over religion, law

5 Jun 2014

Tell the new Minister of Small Business Development what small business needs

Tell the new Minister of Small Business Development what small business needs

Brett Bowes 5 Jun 2014

Judge Dennis Davis has formed a number of sub-committees to look into whether the tax regime is appropriate for those sectors. Image:

Treasury might hike taxes

4 Jun 2014

Adhering to time frames in new Practice Manual a must

Adhering to time frames in new Practice Manual a must

Shane Johnson 2 Jun 2014

Deputy General Secretary of Numsa, Karl Cloete says that a strike is inevitable if employers don't meet demands for a 15% wage hike for industrial workers. Image:

Crippling new strike threatens

2 Jun 2014

Public urged to assist police into death of miner

Public urged to assist police into death of miner

30 May 2014

Ramathlodi moves to end mine strike

Ramathlodi moves to end mine strike

28 May 2014

New ministers and their portfolios

New ministers and their portfolios

26 May 2014

Numsa wants to widen its strike to include operations at Port Elizabeth harbour. Image:

Numsa numbers may hobble Ngqura plan

Razina Munshi and Mark Allix 26 May 2014

Labour Court judgment surprises

Labour Court judgment surprises

Richard Marcus 26 May 2014

Supreme Court corrects decision on guarantees

Nick Muller 22 May 2014

SGBs join probe into sale of posts

SGBs join probe into sale of posts

22 May 2014

The official ceremony for swearing in of the new Members of Parliament will be held in Cape Town today (21 May). Image: Wikipedia

New MPs to be sworn-in today

21 May 2014

Popcru's Golden Miles Bhudu has been arrested for wearing prison garb. Image:

Department confirms Bhudu's arrest

2 May 2014

President Jacob Zuma has called on striking mineworkers to end their strike and get back to work. Image:

Zuma calls on miners to end their strike

2 May 2014

Wits School of Law to discontinue undergraduate LLB

Wits School of Law to discontinue undergraduate LLB

18 Apr 2014

Labour Court clarifies issue of annual leave

Labour Court clarifies issue of annual leave

Nicholas Preston 17 Apr 2014

Barnard v SAPS: a peculiarly South African tale

Barnard v SAPS: a peculiarly South African tale

Gavin Stansfield and Anli Bezuidenhout 17 Apr 2014

Wits Professor Vinodh Jaichand

'Legal barbarians' force Wits to rethink its LLB degree

17 Apr 2014

Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has appointed a new board for the GEPF. Image: GCIS

State pension fund gets new board, six months late

Carol Paton 17 Apr 2014

Cape Chamber of Commerce President Janine Myburgh says the employment equity report is sloppy, irrelevant and out-of-date. Image: Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Employment equity report 'disappointing and superficial'

Bekezela Phakathi 16 Apr 2014

Labour Court quotes DLA Piper report

Labour Court quotes DLA Piper report

14 Apr 2014

Eavesdropping at the SABC

Eavesdropping at the SABC

11 Apr 2014

A cautionary taal - translation lessons from SA's interpreting failures

A cautionary taal - translation lessons from SA's interpreting failures

Françoise Henderson 11 Apr 2014

The amendments to the Employment Equity Act will not prejudice Indians or coloureds says Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant. Image: GCIS

Job equity 'no threat to minorities'

11 Apr 2014

Employment contract must make provision for lawful deductions

Employment contract must make provision for lawful deductions

Jacques van Wyk and Andre van Heerden 10 Apr 2014

Extension of B-BBEE Revised Codes can be used to test changes in system

Extension of B-BBEE Revised Codes can be used to test changes in system

Olga Meshoe 10 Apr 2014

Contract forces employer to pay deferred equity compensation

Contract forces employer to pay deferred equity compensation

Mohsina Chenia and Shungu Mariti 10 Apr 2014

Zimbabweans must reapply for work permits

Zimbabweans must reapply for work permits

Michael Yeates and Shungu Mariti 10 Apr 2014

Dismissals must be based on fair reasons

Dismissals must be based on fair reasons

Jacques van Wyk 4 Apr 2014

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