Legal Articles and Guides
Company wins religious discrimination appeal case
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.
‘Loan shark’ employee loses job appeal
A former Free State National Botanical Gardens employee, who was fired for operating a loan shark business at work, lost his appeal at the Labour Court to get his job back.
Ex-employee must pay back study costs
A former employee at Nissan SA (NSA) has been ordered to pay the car manufacturer over R350 000 for travel costs and monthly stipends she received when she was studying in Japan.
Gynaecologist loses hospital reinstatement bid
Gynaecologist Dr Ganes Ramdhin – who wanted his admission privileges at a private Cape Town hospital reinstated after a year-long suspension linked to the deaths of two patients – has been shown the door by the Western Cape High Court.
BEE focus must move away from ownership
There is no shortage of critics of BEE, from across the political spectrum, but while many want to see it scrapped, that is the wrong approach, writes Stuart Theobald in Business Day.
SIU continues probe on Prasa ghost workers
The SIU is probing more than 1 000 cases of ghost workers drawing monthly salaries from Prasa without doing any work.
Employee probably ‘fired for being black’
The Labour Court in Johannesburg has declared the dismissal of a former Frame Leisure Trading employee to be automatically unfair, reports The Citizen.
Axed city director heads to CCMA
Dismissed City of Cape Town waste management executive director Luzuko Mdunyelwa is not going down without a fight after his axing last month.
Sweet legal victory for baker
A teaspoon of sugar added in a warm cup of coffee or tea by a baker employed by Shoprite Checkers was twice the subject of legal scrutiny – once before the CCMA and now before the Gqeberha Labour Court.
Matthews agrees to part ways with Prasa
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.
Mkhwebane owed R10m gratuity
Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s legal team has argued that the Office of the Public Protector (PP) is legally obliged to pay her a R10m gratuity in line with the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, reports The Citizen.
Prestigious KZN school seeks to interdict return of principal
A principal of a top boy's preparatory school will not return to his post until arguments in an urgent application by the governing body to prevent his return are heard in the KZN High Court (Pietermaritzburg).
Attorney takes up fight to bar school principal
An attorney, acting on behalf of parents of pupils attending a top boys' preparatory school in KZN, has written to the governing body asking it not to allow the principal, who is on suspension, to return to his post.
Prasa CEO demands R14m backpay
Vindicated Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) group CEO Zolani Matthews is ready to return to work but is demanding more than R14m in remuneration and benefits for the period that he was unlawfully dismissed.
Motor association wins restraint of trade battle
The Motor Industry Staff Association (Misa) has won a restraint of trade dispute on behalf of five of its members after the employer could not prove they had access to confidential information or trade secrets that had to be protected.