Senior Associate
Tamsanqa Mila is a Senior Associate in our Employment Law practice. His experience in employment law includes – chairing and prosecuting hearings, mediation; conducting investigations; appearing at the CCMA and the Labour Court and providing general legal advice to client.
Tamsanqa is an employment attorney who was admitted in 2018. He worked as a Candidate Attorney and then an Associate at Mkhabela Huntley Attorneys. He was appointed as an Associate at CDH in late 2018. He was appointed Senior Associate in 2021.
Tamsanqa has experience in both chairing and prosecuting disciplinary hearings, advising clients on employment issues including collective agreement, retrenchments etc as well as general labour disputes. He also regularly appears at the CCMA and the Labour Court.
LLB, Nelson Mandela University
LLM, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Year admitted as an attorney: 2018
Registered with the Legal Practice Council
Tamsanqa Mila, Senior Associate in our Employment Law practice joined Etv to discuss mandatory vaccines in the workplace. He explains the importance of conducting risk assessments for employers, and the three grounds for exemption being constitutional, religious, and medial related grounds.
Tamsanqa Mila, Senior Associate in our Employment Law practice joined Newzroom Afrika to discuss the COVID-19 Mandatory Vaccination Policies. He also gives insight into various COVID-19 employment law related issues in the workplace.
Brazil is considering several bills that may result in imprisonment for failure to comply with that country's mandatory vaccination regulations. If passed into law, citizens of Brazil may be imprisoned for refusing to vaccinate and for spreading misinformation about Covid-19 vaccinations. The developments in Brazil may resuscitate discussions in the workplace about the implementation of mandatory vaccination policies in the context of South Africa and the developments across the globe.
For many South Africans, the Covid-19 pandemic has brought waves of uncertainty. Throughout, the pinnacle of uncertainty has always rested with the implications of the virus for the South African workforce. These implications have begun to materialise with the implementation of mandatory vaccination policies in the workplace. In the case of TM v Goldrush Group, one such employee faced the implications of refusing to be vaccinated in the face of a mandatory vaccination policy. In this podcast, Dylan Bouchier and Tamsanqa Mila discuss the case of TM v Goldrush Group, and breakdown the decision of the Commissioner.
Tamsanqa Mila, Senior Associate in our Employment Law practice recently discussed the Constitutional Court's dismissal of an appeal, brought by public sector unions after the government reneged on aspects of its collective wage agreement reached in 2018.
Tamsanqa Mila, Senior Associate in our Employment Law practice joined Channel Africa to discuss the Temporarily Financial Relief Scheme for employees. He gives insights into the purpose of the scheme, who may apply, and how to apply.
