In the context of employment relationships, a comprehensive framework of labour laws operates to safeguard the rights and interests of employees. These laws are designed to promote fairness, equity, and justice in the workplace, protecting workers from unjust and...
This Article attempts to provide the reader with a comprehensive understanding of protection orders in the South African law. In this article concepts such as the definition of domestic violence and harassment, the scope and ambit of the domestic violence act...
WHAT IS MAINTENANCE? Maintenance is the obligation to provide another person, whether it be a minor; a former spouse or a family member with the means for everyday life. Types of maintenance: Child maintenance; Spousal maintenance; Cross border maintenance. WHO MUST...
In many instances an employer requires its employees to sign a certain restraint of trade agreement which in essence bind the employee from not being employed by the employers competitors. What to take note of here would be the fact that an employer would invest its...
What are the implication of the trustees of the Body Corporate blocking certain members of the Body Corporate from certain facilities. FACTS TO BE ESTABLISHED: Do the trustees have the authority to take the law into their own hands and interfere with an owner of a...
Employers need to be reminded of the factors that render dismissals for operational requirements (retrenchments) fair and unfair. Many employers still get it wrong and, in many cases they land up paying a very heavy price. In order to win a retrenchment case at the...