Imraan Mahomed

About Imraan

Imraan Mohamed joined Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr as a Director in 2020 having led a team of employment lawyers after the restructure of the Johannesburg office of Hogan Lovells.

He has practiced in the field of employment law representing business for close to 20 years. Imraan commenced articles at Deneys Reitz (now Norton Rose Fulbright) in 2001 and became a Director in its employment department and practiced with the legacy firm. He left in 2007 to join Routledge Modise to expand its employment law offering where the firm at some point rebranded as Hogan Lovells in South Africa, and eventually Lawtons Africa. Imraan has also advised clients in various jurisdictions across Africa on employment and business crime related matters.

Credentials

Education

BCom LLB (cum laude), Nelson Mandela University
LLM (Labour Law), University of Johannesburg
Cer Adv Admin Law, University of Witwatersrand
Cert Pension Fund Law II, University of Witwatersrand
Year of admission as an attorney: 2003
Registered with the Legal Practice Council

Memberships

The South African Society for Labour Law (SASLAW). Gauteng Chapter Committee member and member of the SASLAW national committee.

About Imraan

Imraan Mohamed joined Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr as a Director in 2020 having led a team of employment lawyers after the restructure of the Johannesburg office of Hogan Lovells.

He has practiced in the field of employment law representing business for close to 20 years. Imraan commenced articles at Deneys Reitz (now Norton Rose Fulbright) in 2001 and became a Director in its employment department and practiced with the legacy firm. He left in 2007 to join Routledge Modise to expand its employment law offering where the firm at some point rebranded as Hogan Lovells in South Africa, and eventually Lawtons Africa. Imraan has also advised clients in various jurisdictions across Africa on employment and business crime related matters.

Credentials

Education

BCom LLB (cum laude), Nelson Mandela University
LLM (Labour Law), University of Johannesburg
Cer Adv Admin Law, University of Witwatersrand
Cert Pension Fund Law II, University of Witwatersrand
Year of admission as an attorney: 2003
Registered with the Legal Practice Council

Memberships

The South African Society for Labour Law (SASLAW). Gauteng Chapter Committee member and member of the SASLAW national committee.

Experience

Imraan has vast experience in dealing with all issues affecting employers in contentious and non-contentious matters. He provides clients with effective strategies on all employment related matters, both at collective and individual level. He advises and does training across various industries. Imraan has a keen interest in post-employment restrictive law and has been the lead attorney in a number of restraint of trade disputes. Imraan regularly advises executive management on their strategic and business critical employment related issues.

Imraan has over the years also built an expertise which extends to dealing with business crime preemptively as well as where it becomes contentious in representing businesses. Imraan has also represented senior executives in director, shareholder and employee related matters and conducted numerous workplace investigations. He has also advised across various industries on business restructures and strategies on managing union relationships as well as dealing with picket lines disputes and other forms of industrial action disputes.

Imraan has been the lead attorney on a number of employment related disputes which are reported judgements of the Labour Court, Labour Appeal Court and the Supreme Court of Appeal. Imraan was also consulted and provided input on a precedent setting case on anti-discriminatory workplace conduct, which was heard in the Constitutional Court.

News

Employment Law

Can the Pension Fund Adjudicator ignore a response to a disputed death benefit?

An employee who is a member of a retirement fund would have a death benefit that is payable to their dependents when they pass away. Importantly, the benefit does not form part of...

Employment Law

Re-employed or re-instated after a dismissal: Who is liable for the arrear retirement fund contributions

An award won by a dismissed employee for re-employment or reinstatement after an unfair or unlawful dismissal would generally have different effects on past retirement fund contributions....

Employment Law

Employer Defamation - Can an employee be defamed during a workplace investigation?

Employers and managers need to be cautious with statements and correspondence circulated during the course of an investigation or disciplinary process, as the publication of these...

Employment Law

Cannabis in the workplace: Clearing the air

In 2018 the Constitutional Court handed down the landmark judgment of Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development and Others v Prince (6) SA 393 (CC), which legalised the private...

Employment Law

Harassment in the workplace: Risks, Regulation and Rights

The Employment Law team from CDH and Gateley hosted a webinar titled: Harassment in the workplace: Risks, Regulation and Rights.

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Employment Law

Can South African employers impose mandatory COVID19 vaccination policies

Employment Law Director Imraan Mahomed joined eNews Channel Africa's Live at Lunchtime with Jeremy Maggs to discuss whether South African employers can impose mandatory COVID-19 vaccination...

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Employment Law

The EEA Amendments & Draft Regulations: The impact and why employers must submit representations

Imraan Mahomed led the discussion with JJ van der Walt on the expected, yet rather uncertain, impact of the imminent promulgation of the EEA amendments and the recently published draft...

Employment Law

Union Representation: It's my union and I'll cry if I want to

Unions have extensive rights under South African law. The rights of a union to bargain was however in 2020 curtailed by the Constitutional Court when the court found that a union was...

Employment Law

Reflecting on 2021 and navigating 2022

Our Employment Law team hosted their first webinar where they reflected on 2021 and identified key themes for 2022.

Is 2021 bringing about a change? A consideration of mandatory vaccinations in the workplace

With businesses preparing to resume as near to “normal” operations, as is possible, and with the rollout of covid-19 vaccinations worldwide, it is unlikely that the government will...

Employment state of play

Employment Director Imraan Mahomed joined Bruce Whitfield on The Money Show on Talk Radio 702 to discuss the complexities of Treasury’s decision and commitment to cut the public service...

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