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Employees of a company that is placed into business rescue remain employed and remain entitled to protection from unfair dismissal and unfair labour practice. But there is a caveat, explains Bradley Workman-Davies.



What happens to employees when their employer is placed into business rescue? On the one hand the good news for labour and for unions is that the appointment of the business rescue practitioners has no impact whatsoever on the underlying contracts of employment, and the employment relationships continue with the entity in business rescue as if business rescue had not happened at all.  As such, employees who are employed by a company that is placed into business rescue remain employed and re...

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Diskussion Es war die erwartete Niederlage für BM Georg Willi (vorne). Am Ende steht ein Doppelbudget für 22/23. © zeitungsfoto.at Von Marco Witting Innsbruck – Wenn schon Doppelbudget, dann auch zwei Sitzungen. So oder so ähnlich kann man das Theater im Innsbrucker Gemeinderat der vergangenen Tage zusammenfassen, das mit einer Mehrheit für ein Doppelbudget 22/23 gestern dann doch noch ein Ende fand. FPÖ, Für Innsbruck, ÖVP und Gerechtes Innsbruck stellten die erforderlichen Stimmen...

Covid-19 became a backdoor to fraud, exposing inadequate capacity of state, says Department of Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi.

COLUMN: Michael Bagraim writes that unions should be warned that untenable wage demands sometimes lead to very unfortunate stand-offs and even strike action. He adds workers need to be told that there will be no wages during strikes.

The Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport has appointed civil law mediator Jenine Khan to help Über and Bolt find common ground with their driver partners.

Despite years of progress and an increased awareness surrounding gender equity in the workplace and society in general, women bare a disproportionate…

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May 18, 2021 Despite years of progress and an increased awareness surrounding gender equity in the workplace and society in general, women bare a disproportionate responsibility when it comes to childcare. By Muhammed Goolab, executive committee member of the South African Rewards Association This, combined with social expectations and gender stereotypes, are seen to place women at a disadvantage in the workplace, says Muhammed Goolab, Executive Committee Member of the South African Rewards Ass...