by Melanie Hart | Apr 16, 2024 | Employment
Q1: Can you please explain what a restraint of trade clause is? A restraint of trade clause is a contractual provision that limits an employee’s ability to engage in certain activities, for a certain period of time, after leaving their employment. These...
by Warren Beech | Mar 27, 2024 | Employment, Health and Safety, News
Whether we like to admit it or not, the fact is that handling or using a cellular phone while driving a motor vehicle or operating a piece of machinery, is distracting, and can lead to extremely severe consequences including fatal accidents. Most employers implement a...
by Stephen Nthite | Mar 26, 2024 | Employment, Environmental, Mining, News
Q1: Can you briefly explain what ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) encompasses, especially in the context of South Africa from a community engagement perspective? ESG refers to the three central factors in measuring the sustainability and ethical impact of...
by Melanie Hart | Mar 6, 2024 | Employment
On 5 March 2024, the Minister of Employment and Labour published a determination of a new annual earnings threshold in terms of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 75 of 1997 (“BCEA”). With effect from 1 April 2024 the threshold will increase from R241 110.59...
by Warren Beech | Dec 5, 2023 | Employment, Health and Safety, Mining, News
Workplace health and safety is absolutely critical – one life lost, is a life too many. South Africa’s Health and Safety Laws, the Mine Health and Safety Act (MHSA) in respect of the mining industry and the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) in respect of the...
by Melanie Hart | Dec 4, 2023 | Employment, News
Whilst employees have a right to be heard prior to their dismissal, many employers have been confronted by the dilatory tactics adopted by an employee facing disciplinary action. These tactics, employed with much zeal, are aimed at frustrating and thus...
