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...
Read MoreIn 1981 the Ford Foundation generously donated funds to enable a mediation service to be established in South Africa. Thanks mainly to the efforts and drive of the late Loet Douws Dekker steps were taken to arrange for...
Read MoreTributes have been pouring in after the sad death of Arthur Chaskalson became known over the weekend. I was very fortunate and privileged to be his instructing attorney in a few matters whilst practising in Johannesburg in the...
Read MoreBernstein and Others v Bester This judgment will help you to determine when you are infringing someone’s right to privacy in the workplace. The court explores the scope of the right to privacy. The closer the action...
Read MoreMarievale Consolidated Mines Ltd v President of the Industrial Court The approach of the employer’s counsel to unfair labour practice and labour relations demonstrates a lack of appreciation of the nature and purpose of...
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