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20 March 2010
Polity Focus
 
 
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05 Mar 2010
 
 
Monitoring employee use of company’s resources contentious
Labour and Employment Law
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...
 
 
Polygraph testing increasing in the workplace
Labour and Employment Law
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...
 
 
 
 
Proposed ban on labour brokering could have implications for economy
Labour and Employment Law
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...
 
 
01 Mar 2010
 
The Effectiveness of Legal Appointments in the Workplace
CAMERON CROSS
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...
 
 
11 Nov 2009
 
The legal nature of the CCMA Certificate of Outcome
WEBBER WENTZEL
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...
 
 
03 Nov 2009
 
Simplification of skills development tax incentives for employers and employees
DENEYS REITZ
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...
 
 
04 Sep 2009
 
Restraint of trade clauses - separating the chaff from the wheat
WEBBER WENTZEL
"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...
 
 
Labour brokers
WEBBER WENTZEL
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...
 
 
 
Polity Focus
 
 
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