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Labour Law & Unions

LAC rules reinstatement is not always the remedy to unfair dismissal

Bradley Workman-Davies 6 Oct 2025

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Labour Law & Unions

Demanding remote workers to return to office? Why this direction must be reasonable

Amandla Makhongwana, Layla Shah and Thobeka Zondi 17 Jun 2025

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Labour Law & Unions

If time is money, can time-wasters be fired?

Wesley Field 18 Mar 2025

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Occupational Health & Safety

OHS isn't just physical: Why employee mental health is also your business

18 Dec 2024

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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 & 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

Why 'forgetting' simple tasks may add up to gross insubordination

Labour Law

Why 'forgetting' simple tasks may add up to gross insubordination

Thabang Rapuleng and Tamsanqa Mila 30 May 2019

Can you dismiss an employee who refuses to obey instructions?

Labour Law

Can you dismiss an employee who refuses to obey instructions?

Jacques van Wyk 11 Sep 2018

Labour Court upholds Shevel son's dismissal from Headache Clinic

Labour Law

Labour Court upholds Shevel son's dismissal from Headache Clinic

Naledi Shange 22 Dec 2017

Contractual consistency is key in employee polygraph tests

Labour Law

Contractual consistency is key in employee polygraph tests

Jacques van Wyk 14 Dec 2015

Night shift transport: employer or employee obligation?

Labour Law

Night shift transport: employer or employee obligation?

Hugo Pienaar 1 Jul 2015

Media Freedom

Space for independent, critical media is under siege

Anton Harber 7 Nov 2014

Disclosures on Facebook

Labour Law

Disclosures on Facebook

Jacques van Wyk and Andre van Heerden 25 Jun 2014

Gavin Stansfield

Labour Law

An employee's obligation to comply with a reasonable instruction

Gavin Stansfield 12 Jun 2013