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Polity Focus: Labour and Employment Law

Labour and Employment Law

Monitoring employee use of company’s resources contentious

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ADVOCATE LIESL BRIEL
Continuous security awareness training to educate employees will help the employer prove the substantive fairness of a dismissal

Computers, computer networks and the Internet have become inextricably linked to day-to-day working activities and, as such, the issue of employee’s data being monitored by the employer is a contentious issue resulting in an increase in...

By: Carla Thomaz

05 Mar 10

Labour and Employment Law

Polygraph testing increasing in the workplace

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POLYGRAPH TESTING
Polygraph testing has been widely used in the South African private sector since the nineties

With the prevalence of crime in the work place, such as theft and fraud, as well as issues such as sexual harassment, industrial sabotage and industrial espionage being extremely high in South Africa, the use of the polygraph is an invaluable tool...

By: Carla Thomaz

05 Mar 10

Labour and Employment Law

Proposed ban on labour brokering could have implications for economy

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The livelihood of one-million people, who support 3,6-million others, hangs in the balance with the proposed ban on labour brokering, says local association representing labour brokers, the Confederation of Associations in the Private Employment...

By: Carla Thomaz

05 Mar 10

CAMERON CROSS

The Effectiveness of Legal Appointments in the Workplace

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Employers are charged with certain functions and responsibilities in terms of either the Occupational Health and Safety Act, 85 of 1993 ("OHSA") or the Mine Health and Safety Act, 29 of 1996 ("MHSA"). These acts assume that employers in certain...

WEBBER WENTZEL

The legal nature of the CCMA Certificate of Outcome

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The matter of Strautman v Silver Meadows Trading 99 CC (Pty) Ltd t/a Mugg and Bean Suncoast and Others1 dealt with the legal nature of a certificate of outcome issued by the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration ("CCMA") following...

DENEYS REITZ

Simplification of skills development tax incentives for employers and employees

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The South African Government has committed itself to ensuring the empowerment of those persons who were previously disadvantaged by our dark past. One way in which it has done so is by giving tax incentives to employers for participating in...

WEBBER WENTZEL

Restraint of trade clauses - separating the chaff from the wheat

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"On what conceivable basis can it be concluded that an employee should be compelled to sign an agreement so wide, so vast in its scope and application, and be compelled to be restrained from working on so vague a basis, namely that a court will...

WEBBER WENTZEL

Labour brokers

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Following the article in the March 2009 Employment E-Brief, there have been some developments in respect of labour brokers and their continued existence. The Department of Labour has been researching the treatment of employees engaged through...

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Cyberlaw Consulting Proofpoint Association Of Nursing Agencies Charisma MD Cameron Cross Inc. Silver Meadows Trading Advtech Resourcing (Pty) Limited BHT Water Treatment (Pty) Limited Den Braven SA (Pty) Limited National Chemsearch SA (Pty) Limited Sasfin (Pty) Limited	United States South Africa	Media Sharing/posting Policies Invaluable Tool Labour Law Polygraph Technology Healthcare Healthcare Services Healthcare System Labour Brokerage Personnel Recruitment Agency	Liesl Briel Hendrik Van Rooyen Dennis George Leon Grobler Werner Laubscher Igno Strautmann Van Niekerk Vedan Brett Abraham Kuhn Nick Robb Partner Leigh Saunders
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Africa	Polygraph Institute Of South Africa Mine Health	Polygraph Technology	J
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The CCMA Proceedings	Ricoh Caplio R30 Digital Camera	DURBAN Natal	Surgery