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In South African law, gig workers, such as Checkers Sixty60 drivers, are classified as “independent contractors” with limited labour protections or benefits. Photo: Tariro Washinyira / GroundUp

South African law is failing gig workers

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How unfair discrimination will cost your company its compliance certification

13 Jun 2022

NUM, AMCU sign wage deal with Sibanye-Stillwater

NUM, AMCU sign wage deal with Sibanye-Stillwater

Promit Mukherjee 13 Jun 2022

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It's about time: Court ruling clarifies dismissal of claims due to delay

Lizle Louw, Amy King and Bianca Viljoen 9 Jun 2022

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Confidentiality clauses - whistles can't be blown if employer consent is required

Johan Botes 2 Jun 2022

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Is it time for intervention in the Sibanye-Stillwater deadlock?

Sandile July 1 Jun 2022

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You can't simply retract a resignation...

Lizle Louw and Amy King 30 May 2022

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Harassment in the workplace: Are your policies up to code?

Pamela Stein, Joani van Vuuren and Jamie Jacobs 27 May 2022

Numsa ends ArcelorMittal strike after signing wage deal

Numsa ends ArcelorMittal strike after signing wage deal

Nelson Banya 26 May 2022

Sars workers, supported by Nehawu and PSA members, picket outside the Cape Town office on Tuesday for salary increases ahead of the nationwide strike on Wednesday. Photo: Marecia Damons / GroundUp

Sars workers picket for salary increases ahead of nationwide strike

Marecia Damons 24 May 2022

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No severance pay for employee who refused Covid vaccination

Tania Broughton 17 May 2022

Some Numsa steel workers to return to work after ArcelorMittal wins interdict

Some Numsa steel workers to return to work after ArcelorMittal wins interdict

Chris Gilili 12 May 2022

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Grass-hopping, go slows and strikes - definitions and differences

Bronwyn Marques 10 May 2022

Numsa to strike at ArcelorMittal over wages

Numsa to strike at ArcelorMittal over wages

Wendell Roelf 10 May 2022

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Nando's gets the stick for firing a man who tasted its carrots

Tania Broughton 25 Apr 2022

Capital Legacy - a success story

Capital Legacy - a success story

Capital Legacy 22 Apr 2022

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Updated rules for managing Covid-19 in the workplace

Jacques van Wyk and Andre van Heerden 14 Apr 2022

Wage strike at Taylor Blinds factory

Wage strike at Taylor Blinds factory

11 Apr 2022

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State of Disaster: The end... but not the end for employers

7 Apr 2022

Telkom has frozen an employee's pension. Here's why a judge has allowed it

Telkom has frozen an employee's pension. Here's why a judge has allowed it

Tania Broughton 5 Apr 2022

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Reimbursement: What you can (or can't) claim under the BCEA

Aadil Patel and Dylan Bouchier 5 Apr 2022

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New workplace codes of good practice to ensure employees keep their hands to themselves

Johan Botes 31 Mar 2022

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More workplaces to face DG reviews to enforce compliance with EE Act

30 Mar 2022

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Trio of employment law developments in South Africa

Tracy van der Colff and Kirsty Gibson 28 Mar 2022

Farm women demand Distell act against suppliers that violate workers' rights

Farm women demand Distell act against suppliers that violate workers' rights

24 Mar 2022

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New code on vaccination in the workplace

Tania Broughton 22 Mar 2022

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No vax, no test, no entry: Labour Court weighs in on Covid-19 admission policies

Brett Abraham and Mehnaaz Bux 16 Mar 2022

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Mandatory vaccines and life after the state of disaster

Bradley Workman-Davies and Kerry Fredericks 16 Mar 2022

South Africa, Huawei unit reach out of court settlement on hiring

South Africa, Huawei unit reach out of court settlement on hiring

15 Mar 2022

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No leniency for dishonesty in the workplace

Jacques van Wyk 14 Mar 2022

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SCA delivers scathing judgment to SA Post Office

Imraan Mahomed, Vivien Chaplin and Tobie Jordaan 10 Mar 2022

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