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SAFM Market Update: Cross Trainer Enters Business Rescue
Dr. Eric Levenstein, Director and Head of our Insolvency & Business Rescue practice area, had a discussion with Jimmy Moyaha of SAFM about the markets reaction to Cross Trainer going under business rescue and the current status of the business rescue mechanism in South Africa.
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Use it or lose it!
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How long is too long? Suspension of an employee pending a disciplinary process
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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?
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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 [...]
