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Project based work: No absolute right to work

by GilesFiles | Feb 11, 2021 | 2020 +, André van Niekerk, Applications, Appointed LC judges, BCEA 77(3) and 77A(e), Cause: contractual breach, Common Law, Construction, Courts, Declaratory, Dispute Resolution (LRL 3), Fixed-term contracts, Interpretation and application, Judges, Jurisdiction and powers, Labour Court, Labour Court judges, Labour Relations, Labour Relations Act 1995, Lawfulness, Legal Practice, LRA Chpt: 7: s112-184 Dispute resolution, LRA Chpt: 8a: s185-197B Dismissals, Markets in SA, Operational requirements-s189, Orders, Parties, Personal services, philosophy / economics, Private enterprises, Proof required, Roman Dutch law principles, Sectors, Statutes (LRL 2) - work law, Substantial reason-other, Termination & dismissal (LRL 8), Topics, Valid reason and fair reason | 0 |

Farinha v Boogertman and Partners In context of project based work and bumping at senior management and professional management level the labour court mentioned that the applicant may well have been similarly qualified and...

BCEA earnings threshold: R211,596.30 from 1 March 2021

by GilesFiles | Feb 9, 2021 | Basic Conditions (LRL 10), BCEA 1997, Insights, Labour Relations, Management, Remuneration, Statutes (LRL 2) - work law, Topics | 0 |

Upwards adjustment of earnings threshold from next month. In terms of GNR 77 in Government Gazette GG 44137 dated February 8, 2021 and with effect from March 1, 2021 employees whose annual ‘earnings’ exceed R211 596.30...

Affirmative action measures: Employment equity plan?

by GilesFiles | Feb 3, 2021 | 2020 +, Affirmative action, appeal, Appeals, Appointed LC judges, Courts, Dispute Resolution (LRL 3), EEA Chpt II ss 5-11, Employment equity, Employment Equity (LRL 12), Government, Insights, Interpretation and application, Judges, Jurisdiction and powers, Labour Court, Labour Court judges, Labour Relations, Labour Relations Act 1995, Legal Practice, LRA Chpt: 7: s112-184 Dispute resolution, Municipal, Orders, Parties, Refused, Sectors, Statutes (LRL 2) - work law, Topics | 0 |

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Restraints unintended consequences: Enforceable and lawful?

by GilesFiles | Jan 12, 2021 | 2020 +, Applications, Bill of Rights, Cause: contractual breach, Common Law, Competition, Courts, Declaratory, Granted, High Court, High Court judges, Insights, Interdicts and rule nisi, Judges, Jurisdiction and powers, Legal Practice, Logistics, Orders, Parties, Private enterprises, Protectable business interests, Public policy, Restraints and restrictions, Sectors, Special pleas, Topics, Transport & communication, Urgency | 0 |

Value Logistics Ltd v Kuhn Restraints can have unintended consequences and high court found that what distinguishes clause 23 from a covenant in restraint of trade in an employment contract is that the employee, without being a...

1988 LRA amendments: Sure recipe for conflict

by GilesFiles | Dec 31, 2020 | Insights, Labour Relations, Labour Relations Act 1995, Markets in SA, Reforms required, Statutes (LRL 2) - work law, Thought Leaders, Topics | 0 |

Looking back on the 1988 LRA amendments there is little doubt that when the former government accepted the recommendations of the Wiehahn Commission in 1979 they failed to understand the nature and effect of what changes to the...

Labour market features: Balancing conflicting interests

by GilesFiles | Dec 30, 2020 | Collective Bargaining (LRL 5), Employment Relations (LRL 1), Free and fair, Insights, Labour Relations, Markets in SA, philosophy / economics, Reforms required, Thought Leaders, Topics | 0 |

On 14 July 1994 the then Minister of Labour, Tito Mboweni, delivered a speech to the Labour Law Conference in Durban entitled “The New Labour Market: Prospects for Accommodation and Conflict” and explained the...

Invalid procurement regulations: Preferential procurement appeal

by GilesFiles | Nov 2, 2020 | 2020 +, Associations, Bill of Rights, Central, Courts, Employment equity, Finance, Free and fair, Government, Inherent requirements, Judges, Legal Practice, Legislation, Markets in SA, Organs of state, Parties, SCA judges, Sectors, SOEs (State Owned Enterprises), Supreme Court of Appeal, Termination & dismissal (LRL 8), Topics | 0 |

Afribusiness NPC v Minister of Finance Discretionary pre-qualification criteria stipulated in regulation 4 may constitute an antecedent step but as it is introduced in regulation 4 it creates an additional layer contrary to s...

Bloom taxonomy revised: Educational objectives redefined

by GilesFiles | Nov 1, 2020 | Insights, Management, performance based, Policies - strategies - tactics | 0 |

Recently on 27 October 2020 and in a landmark decision the constitutional court stressed that in an ‘ever-changing economic climate characterised by increasing global competition, operational reasons not only relate to the...

Applying employment law: Two schools of thought

by GilesFiles | Oct 17, 2020 | Cause: contractual breach, Cause: general, Cause: statute, Common Law, Dispute Resolution (LRL 3), Insights, Labour Relations, LRA Chpt: 7: s112-184 Dispute resolution, Roman Dutch law principles, Statutes (LRL 2) - work law, Termination & dismissal (LRL 8), Topics | 0 |

Watching the Senate debates in the USA concerning the appointment of a member of the highest court to replace the recently deceased associate judge it became noticeably clear that there are two distinct schools of thought...

Independent impartial judiciary: Real constitutional democracy

by GilesFiles | Oct 12, 2020 | Bill of Rights, Dignity equality freedom, Insights, Judges, Retired judges, Thought Leaders, Topics | 0 |

In a lecture reflecting on the process of achieving independence of the legal fraternity as well as the independence and impartiality of the judiciary in the SADC region, Zak Yacoob, a retired Constitutional Court judge,...

Protecting racehorses considered : just or fair punishment?

by GilesFiles | Sep 20, 2020 | Agriculture, Bill of Rights, Dignity equality freedom, Dispute Resolution (LRL 3), Insights, Labour Relations, Labour Relations Act 1995, LRA Chpt: 7: s112-184 Dispute resolution, LRA Chpt: 8a: s185-197B Dismissals, Misconduct generally, Sectors, Statutes (LRL 2) - work law, Termination & dismissal (LRL 8), Thought Leaders, Topics | 0 |

Employment rights Employees have constitutional rights, which include the right neither to be unlawfully nor unfairly dismissed. Lawfulness requires proof of gross misconduct before employers may dispense with reasonable notice...

Gender discrimination considered: Female comparator

by GilesFiles | Sep 9, 2020 | CCMA awards, Compensation, Courts, Dispute Resolution (LRL 3), EEA 7 Factors, EEA Chpt II ss 5-11, Employment equity, Employment Equity Act 1998, Equal pay & value, Evidence and onus, Evidentiary burden, Government, Insights, Judges, Just and equitable relief, Labour Relations, Legal Practice, Municipal, Onus of proof, Orders, Parties, Sectors, Statutes (LRL 2) - work law, Topics | 0 |

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