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Can businesses recover stolen money from ex-employee pension funds?

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Conciliation: A vital step when challenging fairness of retrenchments

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Companies Amendment Act: Who is required to form a social and ethics committee?

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LAC deems subjective assessments 'unfair' in retrenchment process

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Minister approves the Legal Sector Code to advance B-BBEE transformation

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Premier loses court bid to end Mister Sweet strike

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Contracted out: Who is obligated to pay employee salaries?

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Importance of consensus in retrenchment consultation process

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Former Prasa employee sentenced to 15 years in prison

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MEIBC is seeking to expand its scope

SA engineering sector waits on MEIBC decision

Lindsey Schutters 2 Sep 2024

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

Amandla Makhongwana and Jared Allen 21 Aug 2024

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Tax and employment considerations for digital nomads

Nivaani Moodley 19 Aug 2024

Zolani Matthews has been fired as group CEO of Prasa. (Photo supplied by Prasa)

Prasa’s hiring and firing of CEO has cost R15m and counting

Tania Broughton 19 Aug 2024

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Prasa terminates employment of Zolani Matthews

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

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Tania Broughton and GroundUp Staff 14 Aug 2024

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Urgent applications for Labour Court to be submitted online

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Landmark ConCourt judgment reinforces employee rights in transfer case

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Waste pickers affiliated to the South African Waste Pickers Association (Sawpa) marched to the City of Johannesburg offices in Braamfontein on Tuesday to demand compensation for collecting recyclables and to oppose plans to incinerate waste. Photos: Kimberly Mutandiro / GroundUp

Hundreds of waste pickers march in Joburg demanding compensation

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Take leave or lose it – Labour Court ruling reiterates

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Workplace bullying: Employers battle prerogative vs perception

Sibusiso Dube 6 Aug 2024

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Devil in the details: Calculating compensation for unfair dismissal

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Prasa board reinstates Zolani Matthews

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Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) workers in eThekwini municipality have been protesting since Friday to be insourced by the City. Photo: Tsoanelo Sefoloko / GroundUp

Public Works workers picket in Durban, demanding to be insourced

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Hundreds of workers who had been working on month-to-month Expanded Public Works Programme contracts marched to the Durban City Hall on Friday in protest against their contracts not being renewed at month-end. Photo: Tsoanelo Sefoloko / GroundUp

Hundreds of Public Works workers march against termination of contracts

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Court finds Netcare failed to protect employee against an abusive surgeon

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Can businesses recover stolen money from ex-employee pension funds?

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Companies Amendment Act: Who is required to form a social and ethics committee?

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Contracted out: Who is obligated to pay employee salaries?

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Importance of consensus in retrenchment consultation process

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Former Prasa employee sentenced to 15 years in prison

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MEIBC is seeking to expand its scope

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

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Tax and employment considerations for digital nomads

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Zolani Matthews has been fired as group CEO of Prasa. (Photo supplied by Prasa)

Prasa’s hiring and firing of CEO has cost R15m and counting

Tania Broughton 19 Aug 2024

Source: Facebook

Prasa terminates employment of Zolani Matthews

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

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

Image source: rawpixel –

Urgent applications for Labour Court to be submitted online

Keshni Naicker, Amandla Makhongwana,and Bongani Mtotoba 13 Aug 2024

Image source: Vitaliy Vodolazskyy –

Landmark ConCourt judgment reinforces employee rights in transfer case

Ali Sonday 12 Aug 2024

Waste pickers affiliated to the South African Waste Pickers Association (Sawpa) marched to the City of Johannesburg offices in Braamfontein on Tuesday to demand compensation for collecting recyclables and to oppose plans to incinerate waste. Photos: Kimberly Mutandiro / GroundUp

Hundreds of waste pickers march in Joburg demanding compensation

Kimberly Mutandiro 7 Aug 2024

Image source: Josh Hild from

Take leave or lose it – Labour Court ruling reiterates

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Sibusiso Dube 6 Aug 2024

Image source: Karolina Kaboompics from

Devil in the details: Calculating compensation for unfair dismissal

Ayanda Nkabinde and Soraia Machado 5 Aug 2024

Image source: Facebook

Prasa board reinstates Zolani Matthews

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Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) workers in eThekwini municipality have been protesting since Friday to be insourced by the City. Photo: Tsoanelo Sefoloko / GroundUp

Public Works workers picket in Durban, demanding to be insourced

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Hundreds of workers who had been working on month-to-month Expanded Public Works Programme contracts marched to the Durban City Hall on Friday in protest against their contracts not being renewed at month-end. Photo: Tsoanelo Sefoloko / GroundUp

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Home Affairs extends temporary visa concession

4 Jul 2024

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Sibanye-Stillwater has shed 8% of its workforce since January 2023

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Lindsey Schutters 3 Jul 2024

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Prasa board reviewing Labour Court ruling on former CEO

2 Jul 2024

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Unions are only allowed to represent eligible members - ConCourt rules

26 Jun 2024

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

Lesley Mokgoro and Odirile Matladi 11 Jun 2024

Source: Supplied. Guy Chennells chief commercial officer at Discovery Comprehensive Employee Benefits (CEB).

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