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Can a union or employer resort to power play to resolve a wage dispute after negotiations have broken down?

The festive season is a time of joy and celebration. However, while you might enjoy some time on the beach with your family and friends...

In November 2025, the British Broadcasting Corporation ("BBC") found itself at the epicentre of a global media storm. The scandal, which culminated in the resignation of Director-General...

South Africa is one of the world's most culturally, racially, and economically diverse countries. To ensure that everyone enjoys equal opportunity and fair treatment in the workplace, the Employment...

In South Africa, dismissing an employee must be based on one of three fair reasons: misconduct, incapacity (arising from poor performance or ill health/injury), or operational requirements.

On 5 December 2019, SAA was placed in business rescue. On 14 July 2020, a business rescue plan was published to turn around SAA and make it a profitable and self-sustaining airline.

The South African Labour Appeal Court ("LAC") recently handed down a judgment in the matter between the National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa...

Economists predict that the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic will lead to retrenchments on an unprecedented scale on the back of an already weak economy.

The question is really – when does the employment relationship start? In my view, the start of the relationship is often blurred on receipt of an offer – before it is accepted.

The application of zero tolerance policies has become something that employers, particularly in work environments that require the utmost safety compliance, use to ensure that safety standards are adhered to.

The Labour Relations Act, 66 of 1995 (the LRA), created the CCMA as a statutory body to provide informal and straightforward processes for dispute resolution.

This question concerns the jurisdiction of the Labour Court to determine disputes arising from section 34 of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act (BCEA).

Employers, from large corporations to small to medium entrepreneurs and businesses have had no alternative but to implement short time work, reduce salaries, place Employees on unpaid leave as a no work no pay circumstance...

South Africans are in a state of COVID-19 information overload and Employers and Employees alike are finding themselves in circumstances where information is either unreliable or presently...

In June 2020, governments around the world were centrally concerned with two issues: (1) what precautions to take to stem the ever-rising tide of COVID-19 cases

Automatic termination clauses in employment contracts, also known as "self-executing" clauses, stipulate that the employment relationship will end automatically upon the occurrence of a specific event, such as the expiry of a fixed-term contract or the completion of a particular project.

Section 143(1) of the Labour Relations Act, 1995 ("LRA") stipulates that an arbitration award issued by a commissioner appointed by the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration ("CCMA")...