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At his inauguration on 20 January 2025, the President of the United States, Donald Trump, espoused some controversial views on transformation.

South African labour legislation does not impose obligations on an employer to pay bonuses to its employees, the right must have, by agreement – tacitly or impliedly – formed part of the terms and conditions of employment, ...

Putco's case was that it had sought to consult comprehensively on all topics, but the unions had consistently obstructed proper consultation.

With the unexpected emergence of the COVID- 19 pandemic, many South Africans were caught off guard and left uncertain about how this pandemic would impact the workplace and the employer-employee relationship.

The South African Labour Court recently placed the Chemical, Energy, Paper, Printing, Wood and Allied Workers' Union ("CEPPAWU") under administration in terms of section 103A...

In this article, our employment team briefly canvasses two recent CCMA awards dealing with the contentious issue of workplace vaccinations...

When dealing with a workplace issue, an employer should be careful to identify the problem in question correctly so that the appropriate steps are taken.

In a previous ENSight, we discussed the decision of the Labour Court in Mtati v KPMG Services (Pty) Ltd. In this case, it was decided that employees may not be disciplined if they have resigned "with immediate effect".

The ubiquitous use of cell phones in modern society has meant that employers have, in certain circumstances, deemed it necessary to introduce policies and disciplinary rules...

Typically, when an employer seeks to justify the fairness of a dismissal based on its operational requirements they are doing so in the context of a retrenchment...

In Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development v Prince (Clarke and Others Intervening); NDPP v Rubin; NDPP v Acton 2018 (10) BCLR 1220 (CC) (Prince)...

Major corruption schemes are rarely uncovered through a single piece of evidence, but rather through the accumulation of small, interconnected facts that reveal larger networks of misconduct. This article examines the strategic challenge organisations face when deciding whether to take immediate disciplinary action against an implicated employee or continue monitoring to expose the full extent of a corruption network. It explores how relationship mapping and coordinated investigation approaches can help org

The Rules of the Conduct of Proceedings before the Labour Court ("Labour Court Rules") require an applicant to furnish the record of the arbitration proceedings that the applicant seeks to review and set aside.

On 03 May 2024, the Acting Judge President's office for the Labour and Labour Appeal Courts announced the gazetting of revised rules.

Poor treatment of workers, poverty wages and unsafe working conditions, for the sake of affordable clothing or company profits, have plagued international headlines recently.

How does POPIA impact employers? POPIA regulates the processing of personal information of data subjects by responsible parties.

Reinstatement is a remedy used in labour law for unfair dismissal and unfair labour practices.

The Labour Appeal Court in the latter part of 2025 provided important guidance on the enforceability of restraint of trade agreements following the dismissal of an employee for misconduct.