Just over five years after the Covid-19 epidemic, another global shock, the rapid rise of oil and gas prices precipitated by the US/Israeli attack on Iran, has reignited the work-from-home debate, writes Legalbrief. Before the Covid-19 lockdown, most workplaces in ... Read More
Panic in the chrome sector set in on Tuesday as Eskom asked for more time to deliberate the finer details of the discounted electricity tariff for the sector announced in January to keep smelting furnaces afloat. According to a Business ... Read More
The Pension Funds Adjudicator has announced that it is taking steps to compel retirement funds and administrators that fail to respond to complaints to cooperate with its investigations, as concerns mount over non-compliance within the sector. Pension Funds Adjudicator Lebogang ... Read More
President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed the Public Service Amendment Bill into law that seeks to separate political authority from administrative functions within government. An eNCA report says the change is widely seen as a significant step towards curbing corruption and ... Read More
Many regulations act as a handbrake to job creation. We are seeing some inkling of an understanding of the necessity to deregulate and uncouple small businesses from myriad laws, observes labour lawyer and DA MP, Michael Bagraim. ‘This is not ... Read More
A study by The Harris Poll, conducted for INTOO, finds that nearly three-quarters of employed Americans (74%) are expected to bring new ideas to work. Innovation, it seems, is no longer a nice-to-have; it is written into the modern job ... Read More
Common sense has visited protagonists in the debate on SA’s B-BBEE policy. In the past year it has been characterised by emotive, polarising statements about what BEE was supposed to be, what it is and its achievements and failures, notes ... Read More
Young people in the UK are more likely to leave their job for health reasons and become economically inactive when they work in insecure, low-paid sectors. The Guardian reports this is according to research carried out for the Trades Union ... Read More
UK paralegals or trainees can carry out litigation tasks if they are properly supervised, London's Court of Appeal has ruled, overturning a surprise ruling which had thrown many law firms into chaos. The judgment in favour of the Chartered ... Read More
Companies who employ more women in senior roles are much more likely to dismiss men accused of sexually or physically abusing their colleagues, according to analysis of international and UK data. The Guardian reports a recently Finnish study about the ... Read More
Oracle is cutting thousands of jobs as the US technology company seeks to reassure investors that its bet on AI infrastructure will pay off. The $420bn company, which is headquartered in Austin, Texas, has started making employees redundant, with thousands ... Read More
* The City Cape Town is ramping up efforts to drive jobs and investment, with the City Council approving a new Manufacturing Support Policy aimed at unlocking growth across 33 industrial areas as the sector faces mounting national pressure. The move ... Read More
* At least 16 top executives across eight metros share more than R44m even though only half achieved clean audits, according to auditor general Tsakani Malulekes latest report on the metros' 2023/24 financial statements. The packages have become even more ... Read More
* Popular automotive company, Chery South Africa, has announced plans to establish a local manufacturing plant. The new plant will be located in Rosslyn, Pretoria, where it will be recommissioned and retrofitted over the next 12 to 18 months. The objective ... Read More
Labour Court (Cape Town) Erarite (Pty) Ltd t/a Khayelitsha Superspar v CCMA Judgment: 23 March 2026 Keywords: Labour law – Dismissal due to inflammatory WhatsApp status post containing Bible verse by foreign employee – Whether dismissal proportionate sanction – ... Read More
Labour Appeal Court (Durban) Bakhresa SA (Pty) Ltd v Jaipal and Others Judgment: 24 March 2026 Keywords: Labour law – Unfair dismissal due to ‘incompatibility and abusive language’ – Commissioner's finding of substantive unfairness upheld – Reinstatement ordered but ... Read More
