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Non-payment of commission sways the tightrope
5th January 2026 The Basic Conditions of Employment Act (BCEA) entitles employees to certain minimum rights as regards their terms and conditions of employment.... →
Labour Appeal Court knocks employer off tightrope
28th November 2025 The courts do not normally interfere with an employer’s decisions relating to appointment of applicants to positions. However, exceptions to this... →
Downplaying Arbitration Awards Rocks The Tightrope: Double punishment not on
27th October 2025 It is well established that employees must not be punished twice for the same offence unless exceptional circumstances exist. But what happens if... →
Don’t Shake the Procedural Tightrope
1st October 2025 Section 188 and Schedule 8 of the Labour Relations Act (LRA) were born from the constitutional right of accused employees to a fair chance to... →
Inconsistency disturbs the balance
29th August 2025 Unprotected strikes will often merit dismissal where the employer has not provoked them. However, even where there has been no provocation, such... →
Alcohol and tightropes don’t mix
31st July 2025 Employers too often assume that employees who have alcohol in their systems at the workplace automatically deserve to be fired. While alcohol... →
Conditional reinstatements shake the labour law tightrope
30th June 2025 When it has been found that an employee has been unfairly dismissed the Labour Relations Act (LRA) requires arbitrators and judges to use... →
Constructive dismissals are destructive
29th May 2025 Where an employee successfully alleges that his/her resignation was involuntary and was coerced by the employer, the resignation becomes a... →
