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Sep 12, 2024 | 
shelf-awareness.com | Anne Byrn |S.J. Naudé |Michiel Heyns |Mai Mochizuki
This week, we offer up a feast of fantastic books, including Baking in the American South, in which food writer Anne Byrn provides hundreds of recipes, alongside mouthwatering photos by Allen Rinne, that answer the question, "What makes Southern baking so special?"; and The Full Moon Coffee Shop, where feline proprietors prepare "just the right" dishes for their directionless clientele, while also offering "helpful star charts to clarify (better) choices." Plus, teen readers are sure to enjoy...
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Jan 24, 2024 | 
businesslive.co.za | Jacques van Wyk |Michiel Heyns
Employees are required to devote their time, effort and skills to advance their employer’s business interests. It is considered a breach of good faith when employees pursue and obtain additional work from other employers that might diminish their employer’s profitability. The economic climate has caused many employees to seek additional sources of income to supplement their primary source of income.
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Nov 3, 2023 | 
werksmans.com | Jacques van Wyk |Michiel Heyns
News / Legal Brief Jan 17,2024 By Jacques van Wyk - Director and Michiel Heyns - Senior Associate and Nombulelo Bashe – Candidate AttorneyEmployees are required to devote their time, effort and skills to advance their employer’s business interests.
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Oct 16, 2023 | 
bizcommunity.com | Dumisani Ndiweni |Kgololego Pooe |Jacques van Wyk |Michiel Heyns
The Basic Conditions of Employment Act (BCEA) recognises that employees are entitled to sick leave and that producing a medical certificate is justification for a period of absence in certain circumstances.
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Oct 10, 2023 | 
werksmans.com | Jacques van Wyk |Michiel Heyns
News / Legal Brief Oct 10,2023 By Jacques van Wyk - Director and Michiel Heyns - Senior Associate and Nombulelo Bashe, Candidate Attorney Culture is the sum total of the beliefs and traditions of a particular society and religion is a manifestation of culture, not the reverse.”[1] Religious and cultural belief systems go to the very core of a human being. They are interwoven with a person’s day to day living. Employers are often called upon to strike a balance between their operational...
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Sep 28, 2023 | 
news24.com | Jacques van Wyk |Michiel Heyns
Can collective misconduct be relied upon as grounds for dismissal? Sometimes - but only when it is supported by sufficient evidence. Jacques van Wyk & Michiel Heyns explain. For more financial news, go to the News24 Business front page. The retail sector is often burdened with stocklosses or shrinkage. Employers also grapple with identifying the perpetrator(s)of the offence who sometimes act in concert with other employees.
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Sep 12, 2023 | 
werksmans.com | Jacques van Wyk |Michiel Heyns
News / Legal Brief Sep 12,2023 By Jacques van Wyk - Director and Michiel Heyns - Senior Associate and Nombulelo Bashe, Candidate AttorneyThe retail sector is often burdened with the issue of stock losses or shrinkage.
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Aug 14, 2023 | 
bizcommunity.com | Bradley Workman-Davies |Jacques van Wyk |Michiel Heyns
South African labour laws have been deliberately crafted in order to create a protective regulatory environment for employees. Image source: Getty ImagesAdditionally, labour dispute resolution forums such as the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) have been deliberately designed to provide easy and affordable access to litigants who may wish to pursue a case there.
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Aug 8, 2023 | 
werksmans.com | Jacques van Wyk |Michiel Heyns
News / Legal Brief Aug 8,2023 By Jacques van Wyk - Director and Michiel Heyns - Senior Associate and Nombulelo Bashe, Candidate Attorney Whilst employers regularly rely on the convenience and accessibility of a breathalyser test to determine whether employees are under the influence of alcohol, the result of a breathalyser test may not be reliable enough in order to discharge the onus to prove that an employee is guilty of misconduct. This issue was considered in the case of Samancor Chrome...
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Jul 24, 2023 | 
bizcommunity.com | Tania Broughton |Bradley Workman-Davies |Jacques van Wyk |Michiel Heyns
A Sars employee who took part in an EFF protest while claiming to be on sick leave must be fired, the Labour Court has ruled. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks | GroundUp South African Revenue Service (Sars) investigator Benneth Mathebula was spotted on TV by his supervisor at an EFF march while he was booked off sick. He was fired but took his case to the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration which ordered he be reinstated.
