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Nov 21, 2024 | 
bizcommunity.com | Tania Broughton |Jacques van Wyk |Andre van Heerden
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The Labour Appeal Court will hear an appeal by the Registrar of Labour Relations. The court will decide whether the Simunye Workers Forum can be registered as a trade union. A protest organised by the Simunye Workers Forum in 2021. The Labour Appeal Court is to hear an appeal against a ruling that the forum be registered as a trade union.
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Feb 2, 2024 | 
werksmans.com | Jacques van Wyk |Andre van Heerden
News / Legal Brief Feb 2,2024 By Jacques van Wyk - Director and Andre van Heerden - Director and Hanán Jeppie, Candidate Attorney On 1 February 2024, the Minister of Employment and Labour, Thembelani Waltermade Nxesi, (“Minister”) published, by way of Government Gazette, the draft regulations on proposed sectoral numerical targets (“Draft Regulations“) The Draft Regulations have been published for public comment in preparation for the commencement of Section 15A of the Employment Equity...
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Jan 28, 2024 | 
news24.com | Jacques van Wyk |Andre van Heerden
When an employee posted a 'joke' on WhatsApp telling colleagues that the plant would be closed due to load shedding and that layoffs would follow, both his employer and the CCMA took a dim view. For more financial news, go to the News24 Business front page.
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Nov 30, 2023 | 
bizcommunity.com | Andre van Heerden |Jacques van Wyk
The Pietermaritzburg Regional Court this week sentenced Mdumiseni Khetha Zuma to an effective 12 years imprisonment for instigating the 2021 July unrest in KwaZulu-Natal. Image source: Kindel Media from PexelsAccording to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), the 36-year-old’s conviction comes after contravening Sections 17 and 18 of the Riotous Assemblies Act, where he incited people to gather and commit public violence.
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Oct 10, 2023 | 
msn.com | Jacques van Wyk |Andre van Heerden
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Oct 10, 2023 | 
bizcommunity.com | Jacques van Wyk |Andre van Heerden
Phishing is the most widely used and successful cybercrime attack. Some estimates claim that over three billion phishing emails are sent every year. It's a cheap, simple and very effective tactic because it targets people. "I don't like the saying that people are the weakest link in security," says Gerhard Swart, chief technology officer at cybersecurity company, Performanta. "Instead, we should say that people are the best target.
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Sep 12, 2023 | 
werksmans.com | Jacques van Wyk |Andre van Heerden
News / Sep 12,2023 By Jacques van Wyk - Director and Andre van Heerden - Director and Tasreeq Ferreira, Candidate AttorneyIssueWhether the non-renewal of an employee’s fixed term contract (FTC) constituted an unfair dismissal as contemplated in section 186(1)(b)(i) of the Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995 (LRA).
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Jul 11, 2023 | 
werksmans.com | Andre van Heerden
News / Legal Brief Jul 11,2023 By Andre van Heerden - Director and Tasreeq Ferreira, Candidate Attorney Issue Whether comments made by a commissioner in conciliation proceedings could give rise to a basis to request his recusal from arbitrating the matter and whether the subsequent refusal to recuse himself may result in the setting aside of an arbitration award. Facts The above issues were considered in the Labour Court (LC) case of R G Brose Automotive Components (Pty) Ltd // Numsa obo N....
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May 3, 2023 | 
werksmans.com | Jacques van Wyk |Andre van Heerden
News / Legal Brief Jan 17,2024 By Jacques van Wyk - Director and Andre van Heerden - Director and Tasreeq Ferreira – Candidate Attorney Issue Whether an employee’s dismissal for posting a WhatsApp message, purporting to be from the employer’s management, on the employer’s group (“the group”) in which the employees are informed that the employer’s Plant will be closed on 3 May 2023, for the afternoon and nightshift from 8pm until 6am the following morning due to Stage 6 load shedding, was...
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Mar 8, 2023 | 
bizcommunity.com | Jacques van Wyk |Andre van Heerden |Brett Abraham |Bradley Workman-Davies
Image source: Elnur Amikishiyev – 123RF.comCourt's decisionIn the recent case of Slo-Jo Innovation (Pty) Ltd v Beedle and another [2023] (LC), the above issue, among others, was considered. Slo-Jo Innovation (Applicant) launched an urgent application in order to enforce a restraint of trade against Ms Beedle. Beedle opposed the application on the basis that there was no employment agreement between her and the Applicant.
