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The right to a fair hearing trumps the contract of employment
By: Jacques van Wyk, Director and Andre Van Heerden, Senior Associate and Yusha Davidson, Candidate Attorney ISSUE Can an employee be [...]
Automatically unfair dismissals versus legitimate dismissals for operational requirements: the importance of the ‘true reasons’ for the dismissal
By: Jacques van Wyk, Director, Andre van Heerden, Senior Associate and, Unathi Jukuda, Candidate Attorney ISSUE Whether, in dismissing employees, the [...]
Corroborative evidence is required to establish intoxication
By: Jacques van Wyk, Director, Andre van Heerden, Senior Associate and, Unathi Jukuda, Candidate Attorney ISSUE Whether an employer can dismiss [...]
The admissibility of evidence related to discussions held during a conciliation hearing
By Jacques van Wyk, Director and Yusha Davidson, Candidate Attorney ISSUE Can the Labour Court receive and rely on evidence [...]
Does a gross failure in procedure expose an employer to the risk of maximum permissible compensation even if there is a justification for the dismissal?
By Jacques van Wyk, Director and Yusha Davidson, Candidate Attorney ISSUE If a retrenchment was unavoidable, can the employer skimp [...]
#metooza – sexual harassment in the workplace in south africa
By Bradley Workman-Davies, Director and Megan Livingstone, Candidate Attorne Recently, and on an ongoing basis, revelations of sexual harassment in [...]
