About Gillian
Gillian began her career in 1996 as a Candidate Attorney and was appointed as an Associate at Syfret Godlonton-Fuller Moore (now Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr) in 1998. In 2000 Gillian was promoted to Senior Associate and became a Director in 2001.
Gillian has served as an Acting Judge of the Labour Court and has over 25 years of extensive experience in advising both public (including parastatals and municipalities) and private sector clients on all aspects of employment law, including advising state owned entities and municipalities in relation to the interface between administrative and employment law; conducting human resources/employee related due diligences; advising on the transfer of employees in terms of section 197 of the Labour Relations Act; conducting large scale retrenchments; representing clients in employment disputes; drafting contracts of employment and employee policies and procedures; advising in relation to organisational rights and collective bargaining.
Awarded honorary membership of SASLAW (The South African Society for Labour Law) after serving as President and committee member of the Western Cape committee for several years, member of the National committee for 2 years and a Cape Town liaison on the World Congress Local Organising committee, XXI International Society for Labour & Social Security Law World Congress 2015
