In the recently decided Supreme Court of Appeal case of Regent Insurance Company versus King’s Property Development, the court considered what was a material non-disclosure which would entitle an insurer to reject a claim on
As this blog series comes to a close, we have yet to consider the recent changes to the law on part-time employment. Again, the new law applies only to employees who earn below
Many people are employed on fixed term contracts which are renewed time and again with no promise of job security beyond the current term of the contract. After the third or sixth or
Throughout recent deliberations on amendments to the Labour Relations Act, the status of labour brokers, or “temporary employment services (TES)” was a hot button issue. Trade unionists called for their outright banning. At last,
Prior to 2002, any dispute arising from an employee’s retrenchment from work, had to go to the CCMA for conciliation (a sort of mediation) and thereafter, if not resolved, to the Labour Court
The Labour Relations Act has long provided for the possibility of what was called (to the dread of many an employee) a “pre-dismissal hearing”. This had the effect of a CCMA arbitration, but replaced