Hedda Schensema

Hedda Schensema focuses on employment and labour law. She advises employers on employment related aspects of transactional, litigation and dispute resolution, regulatory and compliance related matters in both the public and private spheres. In addition, Hedda regularly deals with issues affecting employers on employment equity and unfair discrimination, collective bargaining, claims of victimisation and protected disclosures, and promotion disputes, enforcing and preparing restraint of trade agreements. Advising on a wide range of various forms of unfair dismissals, strike management, interdicting strikes and violence during strikes, and on orderly pickets during strikes, lockouts, changes to conditions of employment, retrenchments and business restructuring also form part of her day-to-day activities. Hedda effectively strategises on all employment related matters, training, reviews of employment contracts and employee policies within various workplaces. She appears in the Labour Court, CCMA and bargaining councils for both major corporations and public entities, and provides training on various aspects of labour relations and legislation including performance management, general workplace discipline and amendments to our legislation. Furthermore, she drafts papers for urgent applications, unfair dismissals, retrenchments, transfers, prosecuting and opposing of review applications, rescission applications and interlocutory applications. Hedda has also acted as a judge of the Labour Court. Representative experience: Obtaining urgent interdicts against employees engaged in unlawful protest action. Currently involved in various disputes, as well as acting as initiator in high-level disciplinary inquiries. Advising various clients on processes to be followed to employ foreign nationals in South Africa and arranging for assistance with the application process.

Education:
BA LLB (University of the Witwatersrand)

Formal Admissions:
Admitted to the High Court as an attorney in January 2004.

Admission Status:
Practicing Roll

Languages:
Afrikaans, English, German

Direct Contact:
  +27 (0)11 286 6900
  +27 (0)82 416 0184