Labour law in South Africa is evolving once again, with the Department of Employment and Labour’s Draft Code of Good Practice on Dismissals set to reshape how retrenchments and dismissals are handled. Published on 21 January 2025, this draft brings significant changes that employers must prepare for now. Workforce restructuring is already a complex and […]
May an employer use behavioural characteristics (e.g. initiative, enthusiasm and determination) as criteria to select employees for retrenchment? This was the key question before the Labour Appeal Court (LAC) in the matter of Umicore Catalyst South Africa (Pty) Ltd v National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) obo 5 members. Background Umicore, a manufacturer […]
JOHANNESBURG, Sept 23 (Reuters) – Thirty years after the end of apartheid, South Africa’s economy remains deeply divided by race, spurring political debate on the extent to which its flagship Black economic empowerment law has worked. Here are some facts about South Africa’s racial divide. UNEMPLOYMENT South Africa has struggled for years with low economic […]
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