Latest News

The amendments to the Employment Equity Act in August 2014 have brought changes to the unfair discrimination dispensation in terms of section 6 of the Act. Most notably was the addition of so called “unequal pay for equal work” provision as a form of unfair discrimination.Employers and H...

And so you decide to throw caution to the winds and share a 'rationally offensive “joke”' via e-mail. Stop, think before you press the send button. You will, in all probability get fired. This is what happened to the applicant in Chetty v Toyota South Africa (Pty) Ltd and Others ...

In the recent case of David Themba v Mintroad Sawmills (Pty) Ltd (J 1683/2012), Judge Snyman was required to determine whether reinstatement is coupled with retrospectively. Essentially, the issue which needed to be decided was whether employers have to pay their reinstated employees back pay.I...

Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant has approved the new wage structure for the Domestic Workers Sector following the upward adjustment of the new minimum wage.The latest relief comes on the eve of the festive season. The minimum wage adjustment is in line with legislation to protect workers in South A...

In the matter of Air Traffic and Navigation Services v Esterhuizen (668/2013) [2014] ZASCA 138 (25 September 2014), the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) was faced with the question of whether the respondent, as a result of his premature resignation, was liable to the appellant for breach of contra...