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Use it or lose it!
By Janine Hollesen, Head of Intellectual Property Practice It is important that a trade mark is used as non-use could [...]
How long is too long? Suspension of an employee pending a disciplinary process
By Bradley Workman-Davies, Director and Mishkah Abdool Sattar, Candidate Attorney Very often, an employee is suspended while an investigation is [...]
Mining charter 2018 – key elements in the implementation guidelines
By Chris Stevens, Head of Mining & Resources Practice, Kathleen Louw, Director and Bronwyn Parker, Senior Associate INTRODUCTION The Mining [...]
Court victory enables asylum seekers to claim unemployment benefits
By: The Werksmans Pro Bono Team For many years, asylum seekers attempting to claim benefits from the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) [...]
Fixed term contracts – how are they justified?
The use of fixed term contracts of employment appeals to employers for a number of reasons, some of which are [...]
A dismissal arising out of a failure to work overtime for religious reasons may be found to be automatically unfair
By: Jacques van Wyk, Director; Andre van Heerden, Senior Associate and Chelsea Roux, Candidate Attorney ISSUE Whether the dismissal of [...]
