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Landmark ConCourt ruling on right to fair procedure during retrenchments

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Zero tolerance for pandemic of fraudulent medical certificates

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TES conundrum in court: An 'employee' for PAYE, but not for VAT or ETI?

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Tracy van der Colff, Head of Employment, OWP Partners

How SA employment law impacts corporate deals

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Global teacher and education workers labour federation meets in Joburg

Global teacher and education workers labour federation meets in Joburg

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Tax implications of changes to employer status

Denny Da Silva 10 Nov 2023

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Impala Platinum starts voluntary job cuts at SA mines

Felix Njini 7 Nov 2023

A ballot over union membership is to be held at Gold One mine in Springs where hundreds of miners were held underground last week. Archive photo: Shaun Smillie | GroundUp

Amcu vs Num: Workers to vote at "hostage" mine

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Landmark ruling may lead to big change with parental leave rights

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Mineral Council calls for end to Gold One 'hostage situation'

Mineral Council calls for end to Gold One 'hostage situation'

Lindsey Schutters 25 Oct 2023

SITA keeps government IT going despite PSA strike

SITA keeps government IT going despite PSA strike

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Source: © 123rf A medical certificate produced by an employee to justify a period of absence constitutes hearsay evidence, which employers are entitled to challenge

Instances when an employer can query the validity of the medical certificate

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B-BBEE Commission: How the complaints and investigations procedure works

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Striking Simba factory workers picket inside the gates of the company’s premises in Isando because security would not let them out to protest. They were eventually let out a couple of hours later. Photos: Kimberly Mutandiro | GroundUp

Simba factory workers down tools over "unfair" transport deductions

Kimberly Mutandiro 5 Oct 2023

Haul trucks are seen at Kumba Iron Ore, the world's largest iron ore mines in Khathu, Northern Cape. Source: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Anglo American cutting head office jobs in several countries

Felix Njini and Nelson Banya 4 Oct 2023

One of the two new rail-mounted stacker reclaimers which scoop up and transfer coal into and out of the yard is seen at Africa's largest coal export facility, the Richards Bay Coal Terminal, 2018. Source: Reuters/Tanisha Heiberg

Thungela says coal terminal workers' strike not impacting exports

Nelson Banya 2 Oct 2023

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Claiming constructive dismissal - take advice from your wingman

Johan Botes 21 Sep 2023

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Deadline looms for comments on minimum wage adjustments

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Extended notice periods: Do you have to honour them?

Justin Hattingh 30 Aug 2023

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Lawyer in River Club development controversy caught in qualification lie

30 Aug 2023

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Kenyan court orders mediation in Meta labour dispute

George Obulutsa 23 Aug 2023

The Prasa property in Newlands, Cape Town, which axed board chairperson Leonard Ramatlakane rented for three months, had not been rented out by the rail agency for eight years, according to Ramatlakane’s affidavit before the High Court. Photo: Steve Kretzmann | GroundUp

Axed Prasa board chair goes to court to get his job back

Steve Kretzmann 23 Aug 2023

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Govt pays out more than R330m to Marikana victims

21 Aug 2023

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Labour law has limits to employee protection; employers are entitled to fair treatment too

Bradley Workman-Davies 14 Aug 2023

Domestic workers marched to the Union Buildings in Tshwane to demand workplace compensation for injuries or death and better working conditions. Photos: Kimberly Mutandiro | GroundUp

Domestic workers battle with workplace compensation despite landmark ruling in 2020

Kimberly Mutandiro 8 Aug 2023

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Too sick to work, but well enough to march? Not so fast...

Johan Botes 26 Jul 2023

A Sars employee who took part in an EFF protest while claiming to be on sick leave must be fired, the Labour Court has ruled. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks | GroundUp

"Sick" Sars employee spotted at EFF protest must be fired, judge rules

Tania Broughton 24 Jul 2023

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When is reinstatement not permissible?

Bradley Workman-Davies and Michiel Heyns 20 Jul 2023

Juta's 22nd Annual Labour Law Update - registration now open

Juta's 22nd Annual Labour Law Update - registration now open

Juta and Company 20 Jul 2023

Some of the workers, who were dismissed from the Frimax chip factory in Verulam, Durban, for participating in an unprotected strike last month, wait outside the CCMA. Photo: Tsoanelo Sefoloko / GroundUp

Chip factory workers will challenge dismissal in Labour Court

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Employees encouraged to make use of UIF online tools

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Tracy van der Colff, Head of Employment, OWP Partners

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Global teacher and education workers labour federation meets in Joburg

Global teacher and education workers labour federation meets in Joburg

20 Nov 2023

Image source: Nataliya Vaitkevich from

Tax implications of changes to employer status

Denny Da Silva 10 Nov 2023

Image source: Mariana Ianovska –

Impala Platinum starts voluntary job cuts at SA mines

Felix Njini 7 Nov 2023

A ballot over union membership is to be held at Gold One mine in Springs where hundreds of miners were held underground last week. Archive photo: Shaun Smillie | GroundUp

Amcu vs Num: Workers to vote at "hostage" mine

Shaun Smillie 2 Nov 2023

Landmark ruling may lead to big change with parental leave rights

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Mineral Council calls for end to Gold One 'hostage situation'

Mineral Council calls for end to Gold One 'hostage situation'

Lindsey Schutters 25 Oct 2023

SITA keeps government IT going despite PSA strike

SITA keeps government IT going despite PSA strike

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Source: © 123rf A medical certificate produced by an employee to justify a period of absence constitutes hearsay evidence, which employers are entitled to challenge

Instances when an employer can query the validity of the medical certificate

Dumisani Ndiweni & Kgololego Pooe 16 Oct 2023

Image source: Edhar Yuralaits –

B-BBEE Commission: How the complaints and investigations procedure works

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When foreign employers hire South African employees...

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Striking Simba factory workers picket inside the gates of the company’s premises in Isando because security would not let them out to protest. They were eventually let out a couple of hours later. Photos: Kimberly Mutandiro | GroundUp

Simba factory workers down tools over "unfair" transport deductions

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Haul trucks are seen at Kumba Iron Ore, the world's largest iron ore mines in Khathu, Northern Cape. Source: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Anglo American cutting head office jobs in several countries

Felix Njini and Nelson Banya 4 Oct 2023

One of the two new rail-mounted stacker reclaimers which scoop up and transfer coal into and out of the yard is seen at Africa's largest coal export facility, the Richards Bay Coal Terminal, 2018. Source: Reuters/Tanisha Heiberg

Thungela says coal terminal workers' strike not impacting exports

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Claiming constructive dismissal - take advice from your wingman

Johan Botes 21 Sep 2023

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Deadline looms for comments on minimum wage adjustments

5 Sep 2023

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Extended notice periods: Do you have to honour them?

Justin Hattingh 30 Aug 2023

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Lawyer in River Club development controversy caught in qualification lie

30 Aug 2023

File photo: Meta and Facebook logos are seen in this illustration taken 15 February 2022. Reuters/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

Kenyan court orders mediation in Meta labour dispute

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The Prasa property in Newlands, Cape Town, which axed board chairperson Leonard Ramatlakane rented for three months, had not been rented out by the rail agency for eight years, according to Ramatlakane’s affidavit before the High Court. Photo: Steve Kretzmann | GroundUp

Axed Prasa board chair goes to court to get his job back

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Govt pays out more than R330m to Marikana victims

21 Aug 2023

Image source: Getty Images

Labour law has limits to employee protection; employers are entitled to fair treatment too

Bradley Workman-Davies 14 Aug 2023

Domestic workers marched to the Union Buildings in Tshwane to demand workplace compensation for injuries or death and better working conditions. Photos: Kimberly Mutandiro | GroundUp

Domestic workers battle with workplace compensation despite landmark ruling in 2020

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Image source: tumsasedgars –

Too sick to work, but well enough to march? Not so fast...

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A Sars employee who took part in an EFF protest while claiming to be on sick leave must be fired, the Labour Court has ruled. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks | GroundUp

"Sick" Sars employee spotted at EFF protest must be fired, judge rules

Tania Broughton 24 Jul 2023

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When is reinstatement not permissible?

Bradley Workman-Davies and Michiel Heyns 20 Jul 2023

Juta's 22nd Annual Labour Law Update - registration now open

Juta's 22nd Annual Labour Law Update - registration now open

Juta and Company 20 Jul 2023

Some of the workers, who were dismissed from the Frimax chip factory in Verulam, Durban, for participating in an unprotected strike last month, wait outside the CCMA. Photo: Tsoanelo Sefoloko / GroundUp

Chip factory workers will challenge dismissal in Labour Court

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Employees encouraged to make use of UIF online tools

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Chef's Warehouse waitress fired for not pooling R150 tip

Tania Broughton 10 Jul 2023

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Can employees be fired for refusing to work overtime?

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Can an employee be dismissed for the results of a breathalyser?

Kenneth Lennox 3 Jul 2023

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Draft regulations for employees returning to work after occupational disease, injury - Part 2

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Draft regulations for employees returning to work after occupational disease, injury - Part 1

Kate Collier, Kenneth Coster & Mbali Nkosi 26 Jun 2023

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Avoid employee fraud litigation by employing thorough background checks

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Unions sign new wage deal with Eskom

Unions sign new wage deal with Eskom

Bhargav Acharya 19 Jun 2023

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Hawks bust alleged UIF fraudsters

13 Jun 2023

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Labour Court slams minister for "unlawfully" firing staffer after being stuck in a lift for an hour

Tania Broughton 6 Jun 2023

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Cancelling fixed term employment contracts - expiry or retrenchment?

Bradley Workman-Davies and Tasreeq Ferreira 2 Jun 2023

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