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Working from home in South Africa – here’s what your boss is and isn’t allowed to do Subscribe ​​Since Covid-19 lockdowns and self-isolation, remote working with associated overtime claims has become the norm, which presents employers with challenges around monitoring and privacy According to a snap survey in August-September by recruitment agency Michael Page of 200 respondents on its website, 79% of South African professionals were working from home compared with only 26% before loc...

Teens found working at illegal gold processing lab in Mpumalanga 24 December 2020 - 11:31 Image: 123RF/Phawat Khommai Two teenagers have been arrested with 10 other suspects at an illegal gold processing laboratory at Browns Farm in Barberton, Mpumalanga. The teens, aged 15 and 16,  were arrested on Wednesday night during an intelligence-driven operation by the Hawks serious organised crime investigation team, assisted by the national intervention unit, bomb disposal squad, ta...

In September, SAA’s business rescue practitioners presented the SAA Pilots’ Association (SAAPA) with a set of demands. These were the new terms and conditions of employment and new salary scales for the 88 pilots who would be retained by SAA following the airline’s restructuring. Some 620 pilots will be retrenched, as per the S189A notice issued in July. In addition to the new conditions, SAAPA was required to agree to the termination of the Regulating Agreement (RA) that governs the term...

Resignation with immediate effect meaningless when disciplinary hearing occurs in the notice period Search Polity Note: Search is limited to the most recent 250 articles. To access earlier articles, click Advanced Search and set an earlier date range. To search for a term containing the & symbol, click Advanced Search and use the search headings and/or in first paragraph options. With... Clear Search Sponsored by Sponsored by n a recent judgment*, the Labour Appeal Court (LAC) had to once agai...

Retrenchment payouts in the Covid-19 context Search Polity Note: Search is limited to the most recent 250 articles. To access earlier articles, click Advanced Search and set an earlier date range. To search for a term containing the & symbol, click Advanced Search and use the search headings and/or in first paragraph options. With... Clear Search Sponsored by Sponsored by 15th December 2020 The long-term effects of Covid-19 on...

The employment team details the Labour Appeal Courts recent judgment in the matter of The Standard of Bank of South Africa Limited v Nombulelo Cynthia Chiloane (JA85/18), which finally puts an end to the debate around whether an employee can resign, in breach of their contractual notice period, to avoid disciplinary action by their employer, and what can be made of the law in this regard pursuant to it Introduction As will be seen from what is set out below, Standard Bank has been steadfast in...

Its leave, Karen, not a savings plan Search Polity Note: Search is limited to the most recent 250 articles. To access earlier articles, click Advanced Search and set an earlier date range. To search for a term containing the & symbol, click Advanced Search and use the search headings and/or in first paragraph options. With... Clear Search Sponsored by Sponsored by Whenever an employees services are terminated, or an annual leave cycle ends, there will be at least two people arguing about wheth...