In my previous article, High Court Challenge – New Code of Practice: Managing Exposure to Covid in the Workplace, I alluded to the fact...

According to Gerhard Papenfus, Chief Executive of the National Employers' Association of South Africa (NEASA), "The mandating of the...

March 18, 2022, heralded the amended Code of Good Practice addressing the critical issue of the Prevention and Elimination of Harassment...

It’s been a long time coming but we finally have some clarity as to whether the introduction of a mandatory vaccination policy at the...

"The question as to the constitutionality of mandatory vaccinations has not been determined and can only be finally determined by the...

A plethora of articles and opinion pieces have been written by erudite professionals and labour experts in the past week following the...

A very Happy New Year to my Readers. May 2022 herald new beginnings, an end to the scourge of the virus, and provide us all with renewed...

Perhaps the biggest elephant in boardrooms around the world is the question of mental health in the workplace. It is a statement of fact...

Photo by FRANK MERIÑO from Pexels The CCMA has received at least 10 referrals by disgruntled employees who have either been dismissed or...

As the world inches ever closer towards the beginning of the end of the Covid -19 pandemic, so too are pro-active organisations setting...

Photo credit: Markus Winkler It is an indisputable fact that the world of work changed irreversibly with the advent of the global...

Whilst a small percentage of South Africa’s larger telecommunications and technology companies have increased their respective staff...

President Cyril Ramaphosa, in his address to the nation last evening, announced a broad-based range of measures designed to assist...

The recent migration to Adjusted Alert Level 4 in South Africa has necessitated Government having to reintroduce its TERS initiatives....

The Employment Equity Amendment Bill was initially introduced in the National Assembly in July 2020, with the Department of Employment...

In my article ‘Vaccinations and their Impact on the Workplace’ published on the 29 April 2021, I drew the analogy of Hamlet’s ‘To be or...

The 18th century English poet, Alexander Pope, popularised the saying, ‘To err is human — to forgive divine’ in his poem entitled ‘An...

Employers have asked, indeed expected, a lot from their employees over the past fourteen or fifteen months of the Covid-19 pandemic....

The employee in question was dismissed from his place of work on two grounds, the first in respect of Gross Misconduct in that he failed...

The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) was established in terms of the Labour Relations Act of 1995 as a...