Operating a fuel forecourt seven days a week around the clock exposes employers to one of South Africa’s most complex and litigated areas of labour law: shift work, overtime, and […]
The Department of Employment and Labour released the Labour Law Amendment Bill, 2025 for public comment on 26 February 2026, signalling one of the most far‑reaching overhauls of South Africa’s […]
Negligence is a concept in South African law – particularly employment law – which looks at the failure to exercise the standard of care expected of a reasonable person under […]
COSATU (Congress of South African Trade Unions) – the largest trade union federation in South Africa – has called for a national day of action in terms of Section 77 […]
South African courts recognise a distinct form of incapacity that arises where an employee is legally unable to work, for example because a statutory licence or status is missing. Examples […]
The Department of Employment and Labour published Government Notice R.7014 in Government Gazette No. 53984 of 23 January 2026, confirming the extension of the National Bargaining Council for the Leather […]