Biron Madisa
Biron Madisa is an Associate in our Employment Law practice. Biron has experience in various aspects of litigation concerning Employment and Labour Law in forums such as the CCMA, MEIBC, Labour Court and Labour Appeal Court. Biron's sector specialities include employment litigation, individual labour law, collective bargaining, and Occupational Health and Safety in Mining and Minerals.
Credentials
Credentials
Education
- LLB, University of Johannesburg
- Compliance certificate, University of Cape Town
- Registered with the Legal Practice Council
Memberships
- The South African Society for Labour Law (SASLAW)
- The Compliance Institute Southern Africa (CISA)
Languages
Languages
- English
- isiZulu
- Sepedi
- Setswana
Credentials
Education
- LLB, University of Johannesburg
- Compliance certificate, University of Cape Town
- Registered with the Legal Practice Council
Memberships
- The South African Society for Labour Law (SASLAW)
- The Compliance Institute Southern Africa (CISA)
Languages
- English
- isiZulu
- Sepedi
- Setswana
Experience
Employment Law
Advising clients on the Labour Relations Act, Employment Equity Act and Basic Conditions of Employment Act.
Employment law related matters
Drafting disciplinary hearing outcomes. Providing clients with legal opinions on a wide range of employment law related topics; and dealing with urgent applications, review applications and interlocutory applications.
Retrenchment
Advising on large scale retrenchment in terms of sections 189A of the Labour Relations Act,
Employment contracts
Drafting employment contracts and Codes of conduct for national and international client in respect of various African countries;
Mining
Experience with conducting arbitration proceedings in the mining industry.
News
How to bring an incarcerated employee to an internal disciplinary hearing
Employers often face the practical difficulty of how an employee who has been incarcerated, typically awaiting trial (which on its own can take years), is to be brought to an internal disciplinary...
Fraud unravels all, including contracts of employment
The insidious effect of fraud permeates the entire legal system. This is because it renders contracts voidable at the instance of the innocent party; is a crime; excludes the effects...
Does a restraint of trade transfer with a business as a going concern under section 197 of the Labour Relations Act?
On 10 August 2022 the Johannesburg Labour Court, for now at least, appears to have settled this contentious question.
An employer who is responsible for setting the rules in the workplace, must also abide by them
That is the lesson from the Labour Court’s ruling in Mahonono v National Heritage Council and Others (J742/2022) 2022 ZALCJHB 188 (18 July 2022). In the workplace employers assume...