by SGV Attorneys | Aug 22, 2022 | Newsletters
DISMISSAL: BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT In the matter of Jacobs v KwaZulu-Natal Treasury (2022) 43 ILJ 1286 (LAC), Ms. Jacobs, during 2009, formed part of a selection committee tasked with recommending a candidate for a position in the Department of Community...
by SGV Attorneys | Jun 23, 2022 | Newsletters
REPEAL OF REGULATIONS REGARDING WEARING OF MASKS For the first time in over two years, South Africans can now appear in public places without wearing a face mask. According to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), there has been a decline in the...
by SGV Attorneys | Jun 22, 2022 | Newsletters
PROCEDURAL FAIRNESS IN DISCIPLINARY ENQUIRIES: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING HEARD At the heart of the matter of Yolanda Dyantyi v Rhodes University & Others (846/2020) [2022] ZASCA 32 (29 March 2022) is the procedural fairness of a disciplinary enquiry. In this matter,...
by SGV Attorneys | Jun 1, 2022 | Newsletters
STAYING THE ENFORCEMENT OF AN ARBITRATION AWARD PENDING INTERLOCUTORY APPLICATIONS On 24 May 2022, the Labour Court delivered a judgment in an application to stay the enforcement of an arbitration award in the matter of Denel SOC LTD v NUMSA obo Petersen and 1 Other...
by SGV Attorneys | Mar 29, 2022 | Newsletters
MANAGING EXPOSURE TO COVID-19 IN THE WORKPLACE On 15 March 2020, a national state of disaster was declared in terms of the Disaster Management Act (Act 57 of 2002), and the Minister issued regulations in terms of this act, which have been amended on several occasions...
by SGV Attorneys | Feb 4, 2022 | Newsletters
APPROVED CHANGES TO ADJUSTED ALERT LEVEL 1 COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS After a special Cabinet meeting was held on 31 January 2022, changes to the current Adjusted Alert Level 1 COVID-19 regulations were approved. According to information gathered by the Department of...
