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Directive 2 of 2026: Enhanced case management

by GilesFiles | Oct 28, 2026 | AB - Law generally, AH02a - LC rules current, Insights

DIRECTIVE 02 OF 2026: ENHANCED CASE MANAGEMENT: MOTION PROCEEDINGS AND URGENT COURT ADMINISTRATION This Directive is effective 27 July 2026 A. Introduction This Practice Direction is adopted pending consideration of amendments to the Rules. It is issued in response...

Termination of employment: Is fault required?

by GilesFiles | Oct 14, 2026 | AB1 - Fairness principle or concept, Insights

Termination of employment: Is fault required? Question: Does South African labour law allow employers to terminate employment for valid and fair reasons related only to conduct, capacity and operational requirements and that fault in the broad sense does not have to...

Trump’s chaos abroad: Inflicting considerable damage

by GilesFiles | Sep 27, 2026 | AD - Personal archives, AV - Daily Maverick, Insights

Trump’s chaos abroad mirrors the damage he’s inflicting on Washington Courtesy of Daily Maverick Donald Trump brought vast incoherence to domestic and international policy for the US – echoing the damage he is doing to the face of the country’s capital city. The next...

Valid and fair reason: Terminate on notice or summarily?

by GilesFiles | Sep 22, 2026 | AB1 - Fairness principle or concept, AU - ChatGPT, Insights

Valid and fair reason: Terminate on notice or summarily? QUESTION: Why is it important in employment law to distinguish between the validity and fairness of the reason for terminating an employment contract and also whether it can be done summarily or on notice. SHORT...

Automatically unfair dismissal: Protected disclosure?

by GilesFiles | Sep 15, 2026 | 2020 onwards, Applications, AUD, Bill of Rights, Cause of action defined, Causes and defences, Compensation or damages, Conduct - gross, Costs, Costs not awarded, Courts, Damages, Disciplinary issues, Equal pay and value, Interpretation etc, Intolerable, Judges, Jurisdiction & powers, Labour Court, Labour Court judges, Labour Relations, Lawfulness & fairness, Legal Practice, Legislation, LRA 08a: 185-197B Dismissal, LRA 1995, Mining, Orders, Parties, Private enterprises, Protect not punish, Resolving disputes (LRL 3), Rules Codes & Manual, Sectors, Selected judges, Statutes (LRL 2)-work, Statutory, Substance, Suzanna Harvey, Termination (LRL 8), Topics, Trust & confidence, Unlawful and void

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Enforceability of restraint principles: Reasonableness considered

by GilesFiles | Jul 30, 2026 | 2020 onwards, Applications, BCEA 77(3) & 77A(e), Causes and defences, Contractual breach, Costs, Costs awarded, Courts, Declaratory, Disallowed, Interpretation etc, Judges, Jurisdiction & powers, Labour Appeal Court, LAC judges, Legal Practice, Legality principle, Legislation, Orders, Parties, Private enterprises, Protectable interests, Review tests, Sectors, Topics, Trade, Trade restraints

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Disproportional Pay Differentials: EEA unconstitutional provisions?

by GilesFiles | Jun 22, 2026 | AB1 - Fairness principle or concept, AU - ChatGPT, Insights

Disproportional Pay Differentials: Prohibition in the Employment Equity Act and Thoughts on The Evidentiary Burden The Employment Equity Act (“EEA”) requires South African designated employers to extend their commitment towards fair remuneration practices beyond the...

Recognised arbitrary ground: Qualifications?

by GilesFiles | May 18, 2026 | 2020 onwards, Applications, Cause of action defined, Causes and defences, Central, Costs, Costs not awarded, Courts, Declaratory, Differentiation not discrimination, EEA Chpt II ss 5-11, Employ Equity (LRL 12), Equal pay and value, Exceptions/special pleas, False assumptions, Interpretation etc, Judges, Jurisdiction & powers, Labour Court, Labour Court judges, Labour Relations, LC Rules-new, Legal Practice, Legislation, LRA 08b: 185-186(2) Practices, LRA 1995, Objective - correctness, Orders, Parties, Pay differentials, Protectable interests, Public policy, Refused, Resolving disputes (LRL 3), Review tests, Rules Codes & Manual, Sectors, Special pleas, State organs, State Owned Enterprises, Statutes (LRL 2)-work, Statutory, TC Gandidze, Topics

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Arbitrary grounds discrimination: Absolution granted

by GilesFiles | May 18, 2026 | 2020 onwards, AH02a - LC rules current, Cause of action defined, Causes and defences, Central, Costs, Costs not awarded, Courts, Declaratory, Differentiation not discrimination, Discrimination (LRL 11), EEA Chpt II ss 5-11, Employ Equity (LRL 12), Exceptions/special pleas, Interpretation etc, Judges, Jurisdiction & powers, Labour Court, Labour Court judges, Labour Relations, LC Rules-new, Legal Practice, Legislation, MR Makhura, Objective - correctness, Orders, Parties, Refused, Resolving disputes (LRL 3), Review tests, Rules Codes & Manual, Sectors, Special pleas, State organs, Statutes (LRL 2)-work, Statutory, Topics

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Gross procedural unfairness: Substantively unfair as well?

by GilesFiles | Mar 31, 2026 | 2020 onwards, Cause of action defined, Causes and defences, Contractual breach, Costs, Courts, GN Moshoana, ILO Convention 158/1982, Interpretation etc, Judges, Jurisdiction & powers, Labour Appeal Court, Labour Relations, LAC judges, Legal Practice, Legislation, Logistics, LRA 08a: 185-197B Dismissal, LRA 194, LRA 1995, Orders, Parties, Private enterprises, Resolving disputes (LRL 3), Review tests, Rules Codes & Manual, Sectors, Statutes (LRL 2)-work, Statutory, Topics

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