Source: SA Legal Academy South African labour law has shifted dramatically in the past twelve months. Between the Constitutional Court fundamentally redefining parental leave, the Department of Employment and Labour overhauling the Code of Good Practice on Dismissal, and the impending regulation of Artificial Intelligence in the workplace, employment attorneys face an entirely new compliance […]
CORRECT PROCEDURE Consultation must take place as soon as the employer contemplates retrenchment. Consultation must take place – with a workplace forum. with a registered trade union whose members are likely to be affected or with the employee/s likely to be affected An attempt must be made to reach consensus on — avoiding the dismissals […]