The Constitutional Court has ruled in favour of NUMSA in a matter involving strike violence and common purpose. Unusually, the matter was determined based on the parties’ papers without an oral hearing. Mr Steffens, a member of management, was violently assaulted during an unprotected strike by NUMSA members. 12 employees […]
Month: August 2022
Draft Employment Equity Act Sectoral Targets
The Department of Employment and Labour has published the draft Employment Equity Act sectoral targets for consultation purposes. This follows the recent suite of amendments to the Employment Equity Act which provides for sector-specific affirmative action targets aimed at enhancing efforts towards transformation. Click on the relevant industry to download […]
Termination of employment for repudiation set aside
Can an employer abandon a part-heard disciplinary hearing and terminate the employment contact due to things the employee said at the hearing? This is the question that faced the Labour Court in an urgent application in which a employee sought to have the National Heritage Council’s termination of employment for […]
