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Labour Court declares the re-election of AMCU president unlawful
A trade union is an association of employees who are its members and is defined as such in the Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995 (LRA). Speaking to this fundamental tenet of organised...

Refusal to testify in an arbitration may result in a fair dismissal
Employees have a duty to comply with the lawful and reasonable instructions of their employer. But would the failure to comply with an instruction to testify in an arbitration before...

Employee reporting obligations when seeking to hold an employer liable for sexual harassment in the workplace
While employers have a statutory obligation to eliminate unfair discrimination in the workplace, an employer cannot be held liable for sexual harassment perpetrated by one of its employees...

“Winds of change” to the face of the legal profession
“ An examination of the legal profession as it has been in the past and as it still exists, reveals a number of problems and anomalies, namely: The legal profession does not represent...