Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr
Disabled employees – a duty to act
13th October 2016 As soon as an employer considers an employee to be disabled, the employer must take steps to accommodate that employee unless this results in an... →
No place for racism in the workplace
4th October 2016 The Labour Appeal Court (LAC) issued a stern warning that it will not tolerate racism, in any form, in the workplace. In the recent case of the... →
Too late to join the party?
30th September 2016 What happens when one institutes proceedings against a defendant and only later realises that another defendant should have been joined? The Rules... →
E-Tolls: Gautengers to pay but Capetonians not?
28th September 2016 Given the latest judgment in the Supreme Court of Appeal in the matter of SANRAL vs The City of Cape Town, Capetonians do not have to pay e-toll... →
Oh no! More employment regulation
20th September 2016 Recently, in the case of AMCU and Others v Buffalo Coal Dundee (Pty) Ltd and Another (JA42/2015) [2016], the Labour Appeal Court held that where a... →
Guidance from the UK for South African insurers regarding fraudulent claims
16th September 2016 The Hayward v Zurich Insurance Company PLC 2015 decision by the England and Wales Court of Appeal relating to insurance fraud has now been... →
Validity of emoluments attachment orders: the next exciting instalment
16th September 2016 The Constitutional Court has ruled that, with effect from 13 September 2016, no emoluments attachment order may be issued unless the court has... →
Dismissing an employee without evidence of a breakdown of trust
13th September 2016 The nature and seriousness of misconduct can be enough to infer the breakdown of the trust relationship without evidence being led to prove the... →
