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Nov 3, 2024 | 
betterreading.com.au | Josh Bornstein |Labour Law
Josh Bornstein talks to Cheryl about corporate power, free speech, and the urgent need for a unified progressive agenda to tackle the various social and political crises confronting society today. His latest work, Working For The Brand, is out now.
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
southafricanlawyer.co.za | Labour Law
Sun International management was found to be in the clear by the Johannesburg Labour Appeal Court for dismissing a marketing manager who – due to his religious beliefs – could not work on weekends as his job had demanded of him.
According to a Pretoria News report, Sun International was said to have given Lucky Sayiti a lifeline for 16 months after he started working for the company.
His workload over weekends was shifted to another employee.
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Sep 27, 2024 | 
golegal.co.za | Labour Law
Topics Banking & Finance Law | Labour Law | Tax Law South Africa’s new Two-Pot Retirement System introduces flexible savings options along with significant tax implications, learn practical tips to protect your retirement fund. Understanding the Two-Pot Retirement System: Tax implications for South AfricansSouth Africa’s retirement landscape is undergoing a significant shift with the introduction of the Two-Pot Retirement System.
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Aug 21, 2024 | 
southafricanlawyer.co.za | Labour Law
After three attempts to fire him as CEO, Zolani Matthews has finally agreed to part ways with the Passenger Railway Agency of SA (Prasa), reports News24.
The agreement ends a three-year impasse between the embattled railway operator and one of its two CEOs, permitting the utility to proceed with the restoration of its services.
Prasa spokesperson Andiswa Makanda said the agreement was reached on Friday when Matthews wrote to the Prasa board.
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Jun 20, 2024 | 
southafricanlawyer.co.za | Labour Law
A recent judgment by the Labour Appeal Court (LAC) has raised the bar for companies to provide evidence of employees fabricating sick notes to justify their dismissal, reports BusinessLIVE.
The ruling compelled retail giant Woolworths to reinstate an employee Lorraine Maseko it terminated six years ago.
Maseko’s attorney, Andrew Goldberg, said his client felt vindicated and should be returning to work soon.
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Jun 10, 2024 | 
southafricanlawyer.co.za | Labour Law
The SA Post Office’s business rescue practitioners (BRPs) have paid the first tranche of severance packages to 4 512 retrenched employees earlier than the initially envisaged end-June, reports BusinessLIVE.
The figure of retrenched workers is lower than the 6 000 originally planned of the total staff complement of 11 038.
The number of job cuts was reduced after consultation with unions at the CCMA.
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Jun 5, 2024 | 
southafricanlawyer.co.za | Labour Law
The Labour Appeal Court has endorsed the retrenchment of scores of workers by soft drink giant Coca-Cola Beverages Africa in response to the introduction of a sugar tax causing it operating losses.
A Business Day report says this is after the National Union of Food, Beverage, Wine, Spirit & Allied Workers took the company to court, asking it to set aside the retrenchments.
The court last week dismissed the application, saying the Labour Court applied the law correctly in ruling for Coca-Cola.
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Apr 19, 2024 | 
southafricanlawyer.co.za | Labour Law
A dismissal should not be an expression of moral outrage or an act of vengeance, but rather a sensible operational response to risk management in the enterprise, the Johannesburg Labour Court said in a case where a worker was fired at the height of Covid-19 for not wearing his mask.
A Pretoria News report says Ephraim Ramphabana was employed by Penbro Kelnick as a stock controller.
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Apr 18, 2024 | 
southafricanlawyer.co.za | Labour Law
Just two years after exiting business rescue, Ster-Kinekor has announced plans to lay off 236 employees and close up to nine of its cinemas in Gauteng, KZN and the Western Cape.
The Citizen reports that the company says it needs to undergo restructuring due to the challenging economic environment, load shedding, financial constraints, and the impact of the Hollywood strikes which saw many movie releases being moved to 2025.
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Feb 26, 2024 | 
southafricanlawyer.co.za | Labour Law
A prominent investment company – which manages R1.6bn in assets from Telkom and some municipal pension funds, as well as Alexforbes and a UK Government financier – has been rocked by a fake qualification controversy, says a Fin24 report.
Langalezwe Madonko – co-founder and investment principal of private equity company Summit Africa – confirmed he does not have the range of qualifications claimed on his CV, including from the London School of Economics (LSE).
