by SGV Attorneys | Sep 25, 2024 | Newsletters
Informal Disciplinary Hearings Recently, the Labour Court, per Prinsloo J in Mark Strydom v ArcelorMittal South Africa[1] had to contend with an interesting set of facts. There has since been a plethora of articles written on this case as a result of Judge Prinsloo’s...
by SGV Attorneys | Mar 13, 2024 | Newsletters
Artificial Intelligence: Bias and Race Discrimination in the Workplace Face recognition software has become part of our daily lives. We use it to unlock our devices; social media platforms can tag you in a photo based on face recognition software, and even law...
by SGV Attorneys | Mar 1, 2024 | Newsletters
National Minimum Wage Act And The Quantum Foods Decision The national minimum wage increases on 1 March 2024 to R27.58 per hour. This will be an increase of 8.5% on the current minimum wage of R25.42 per hour that employers will have to pay for general workers. Farm...
by SGV Attorneys | Oct 31, 2023 | Newsletters
Van Wyk V Minister Of Employment And Labour: A New Era Of Parental Leave Just last week, in a judgment with constitutional significance for the workplace, the High Court has ruled that all parents, irrespective of gender, should be entitled to four months of parental...
by SGV Attorneys | Apr 5, 2023 | Newsletters
Electronic Signatures / Virtual Commissioning Of Affidavits Before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the terms ‘Teams’ and ‘Zoom’ were virtually unheard of in general, and were, for all intents and purposes, not tools in most businesses. However, within weeks after...
by SGV Attorneys | Mar 9, 2023 | Newsletters
Objecting To The CCMA Con/Arb Process When an employee refers a dispute to the CCMA, e.g., an unfair dismissal dispute, the CCMA ordinarily sets the matter down for a con/arb process, which means that arbitration will immediately follow if the parties are unable to...
