The enactment of the two-pot retirement system last year exposed many incidents of pension non-payments and other financial mismanagement allegations within the pension fund administration sector, writes Legalbrief. A large number of municipalities and private employers who did not pay ... Read More

In a move that makes private sector participation in the logistics sector more appealing, the state has widened the scope of essential services employees who will be barred from striking to include key operations at the country’s ports, says a ... Read More

The enterprise and supplier development (ESD) contributions by the private sector to the Transformation Fund will be ring-fenced, aggregated and managed centrally. So says Trade, Industry & Competition Minister Parks Tau whose spokesperson, Kaamil Alli, made it clear that this ... Read More

Capitec CEO Gerrie Fourie stood his ground when he met a government delegation last week, repeating his assertion that SA’s unemployment rate is much lower than the official data suggests. Fourie, who has led the expansion of Capitec over the ... Read More

The recent Johannesburg Labour Court ruling in Mbuyane v Dekker NO & Others sends a ‘chilling’ message to employees throughout the country: you are on your own when faced with impossible choices between competing duties. The law will not protect ... Read More

In a recent newsletter to the nation, President Cyril Ramaphosa said: ‘Since 1994, we have built a robust legislative framework to advance the transformation of our economy, anchored in the B-BBEE Act and the Employment Equity Act.’ He later ... Read More

SA’s extraordinarily high levels of inequality bring a range of social ills, from slow economic growth to social and political conflict. The recently published Income & Expenditure Survey for 2022/2023 finds that over the past decade progress in alleviating ... Read More

The UK may need to increase the age at which people can get their state pension up to 74, according to economists. iNews reports the move will be needed by 2068 if the government is to retain the pension ‘triple ... Read More

Employers will be banned from using non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) to silence victims of workplace sexual misconduct or discrimination, the UK Government has said. A BBC News report notes that an amendment to the Employment Rights Bill, which is expected to ... Read More

A demand for a year’s maternity leave on full pay for workers is set to intensify after being backed by most trade unions in the Republic of Ireland. The Irish Independent reports it is now official Irish Congress of Trade ... Read More

The Home Office does not know whether foreign workers are leaving the UK or staying to work illegally after their visas expire, BBC News reports a cross-party committee of MPs has said. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC), which scrutinises government ... Read More

* A candidate attorney has won her battle with the Legal Practice Council to be allowed to do her compulsory vocational training – even though she is an accused in the Mhlathuze Water Board corruption matter. Read More

* A report on staffing issues that have led to doctors leaving the Livingstone Hospital in Gqeberha in droves is expected to be presented to senior officials in the Eastern Cape Department of Health. The hospital’s departments – including internal medicine ... Read More

* The Gauteng Department of Education has blamed ongoing payment delays affecting education and general assistants on administrative problems within the Department of Basic Education (DBE), which is responsible for vetting and processing payments nationwide. The DBE recently introduced a new ... Read More

Labour Court (Cape Town): National Union of Mineworkers obo B Lekwa v CCMA & Others Judgment: 26 June 2025 Keywords: Labour law – Dismissal – Review of CCMA arbitration award – Gross negligence and failure to secure safe workplace – ... Read More

Gauteng High Court (Johannesburg): Jukes v Malekjee Judgment: 26 June 2025 Keywords: Defamation – Attorney making false assault allegations against law firm partner – Malicious prosecution – False criminal complaint leading to arrest and incarceration – Damages quantification – Aggravating ... Read More