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SA Post Office: Union deal halts layoffs at the 11th hourKatja Hamilton

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Losing your protection? When protected strikes turn badJacques van Wyk

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Ensure OHS by building whistleblower confidence

Kate Collier 27 Nov 2023

The "Springbok" public holiday - win-win for weekend workers

Talita Laubscher and Sian Gaffney 23 Nov 2023

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Nxesi denies allegations of corruption in R5bn UIF jobs deal

23 Nov 2023

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Tax implications of changes to employer status

Denny Da Silva 10 Nov 2023

The imperative of minimum wages and community service in South Africa's legal profession

The imperative of minimum wages and community service in South Africa's legal profession

LexisNexis 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

Deon Visagie, Joani van Vuuren, Jamie Jacobs and Nkosinathi Thema 27 Oct 2023

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

Mediation fails between Meta and Kenyan moderators, rights group says

George Obulutsa 17 Oct 2023

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

Balancing AI and human judgment: Ethical considerations in the legal profession

Balancing AI and human judgment: Ethical considerations in the legal profession

LexisNexis 13 Oct 2023

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

Safiyya Patel and Loatile Baiphaphele 12 Oct 2023

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When foreign employers hire South African employees...

Graeme Palmer 11 Oct 2023

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Qualified, but still a liar - consequences of CV misrepresentation

Jacques van Wyk and Andre van Heerden 10 Oct 2023

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Tips to navigating employment equity reporting

Frik Boonzaaier 9 Oct 2023

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

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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Major hazard installation regulations - compliance deadlines

Kate Collier 22 Sep 2023

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Claiming constructive dismissal - take advice from your wingman

Johan Botes 21 Sep 2023

Breastfeeding mothers at work: What legal protection is there?

Breastfeeding mothers at work: What legal protection is there?

14 Sep 2023

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Extended notice periods: Do you have to honour them?

Justin Hattingh 30 Aug 2023

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How SA's mining law holds unique advantages for Chinese investors

Hulme Scholes 29 Aug 2023

Nomathole Nhlapo, Associate, M&A Practice, Baker Mckenzie Johannesburg

#WomensMonth: Inclusion of women to advance the spirit of B-BBEE in South Africa

Nomathole Nhlapo 25 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

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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Tackling unilateral extension options and pre-contracts in football

Sibusiso Dube and Clinton Mphahlele 18 Aug 2023

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Addressing the dress code: New PPE provision guidelines fit for women in mining

Kate Collier 16 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

Ansie Ramalho, Chair, King Committee

Understanding director independence according to King IV

Ansie Ramalho 27 Jul 2023

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The "Springbok" public holiday - win-win for weekend workers

Talita Laubscher and Sian Gaffney 23 Nov 2023

Image source: Vitaliy Vodolazskyy –

Nxesi denies allegations of corruption in R5bn UIF jobs deal

23 Nov 2023

Image source: Nataliya Vaitkevich from

Tax implications of changes to employer status

Denny Da Silva 10 Nov 2023

The imperative of minimum wages and community service in South Africa's legal profession

The imperative of minimum wages and community service in South Africa's legal profession

LexisNexis 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

Deon Visagie, Joani van Vuuren, Jamie Jacobs and Nkosinathi Thema 27 Oct 2023

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

Mediation fails between Meta and Kenyan moderators, rights group says

George Obulutsa 17 Oct 2023

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

Balancing AI and human judgment: Ethical considerations in the legal profession

Balancing AI and human judgment: Ethical considerations in the legal profession

LexisNexis 13 Oct 2023

Image source: Edhar Yuralaits –

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

Safiyya Patel and Loatile Baiphaphele 12 Oct 2023

Image source: Matilda Wormwood from

When foreign employers hire South African employees...

Graeme Palmer 11 Oct 2023

Image source: Ion Chiosea –

Qualified, but still a liar - consequences of CV misrepresentation

Jacques van Wyk and Andre van Heerden 10 Oct 2023

Image source: Getty Images

Tips to navigating employment equity reporting

Frik Boonzaaier 9 Oct 2023

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

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

Image source: Ultra Pop –

Major hazard installation regulations - compliance deadlines

Kate Collier 22 Sep 2023

Image source: Pixabay from

Claiming constructive dismissal - take advice from your wingman

Johan Botes 21 Sep 2023

Breastfeeding mothers at work: What legal protection is there?

Breastfeeding mothers at work: What legal protection is there?

14 Sep 2023

Image source: michaeljayfoto –

Extended notice periods: Do you have to honour them?

Justin Hattingh 30 Aug 2023

Image source: luzitanija –

How SA's mining law holds unique advantages for Chinese investors

Hulme Scholes 29 Aug 2023

Nomathole Nhlapo, Associate, M&A Practice, Baker Mckenzie Johannesburg

#WomensMonth: Inclusion of women to advance the spirit of B-BBEE in South Africa

Nomathole Nhlapo 25 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

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

Image source: Thiago Kai –

Tackling unilateral extension options and pre-contracts in football

Sibusiso Dube and Clinton Mphahlele 18 Aug 2023

Image source: Kindel Media from

Addressing the dress code: New PPE provision guidelines fit for women in mining

Kate Collier 16 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

Kimberly Mutandiro 8 Aug 2023

Ansie Ramalho, Chair, King Committee

Understanding director independence according to King IV

Ansie Ramalho 27 Jul 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

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President to enact sign language as 12th official language

19 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

Tsoanelo Sefoloko 17 Jul 2023

Whistleblowing in South Africa: Protecting a vulnerable watchdog

Whistleblowing in South Africa: Protecting a vulnerable watchdog

Bullion PR & Communication 17 Jul 2023

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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?

Jacques van Wyk and Michiel Heyns 7 Jul 2023

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

Kenneth Lennox 3 Jul 2023

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Settlement agreement offers some relief to business struggling with EE compliance

Lisa-Anne Schäfer-King 30 Jun 2023

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