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One star rating for Uber drivers' prolonged commute to the employment station
24th February 2021 The United Kingdom Supreme Court was called upon to determine whether or not the Uber drivers (claimants) were employees of Uber BV and if the... →
(Un)lawfulness in Labour Disputes: The Door is Tightly Closed
16th February 2021 The recent Labour Court judgment in Botes v City of Joburg Property Company SOC Ltd and Another [2021] 2 BLLR 181 (LC) put it beyond doubt that... →
Increase To BCEA Earnings Threshold
9th February 2021 On 8 February 2021 the Minister of Employment and Labour, Thembelani Waltermade Nxesi, published a Government Gazette providing for the increase of... →
Exchange control relaxation: removal of loop
3rd February 2021 On 4 January 2021 the Financial Surveillance Department of the South African Reserve Bank (FinSurv) issued a circular on the removal of the... →
Obligation of liquidators to pay rates, taxes and utilities in order to give effect to the transfer of immovable property
3rd February 2021 The Covid‑19 pandemic has had a devastating effect on the South African economy not least of all, the residential, commercial and industrial... →
Hopes rise upcoming publication will recognise rural sensitivities in commercial developments
3rd February 2021 The discord between communities, traditional government authorities and large corporations is most evident in ongoing legal and political land... →
Labour law: no enquiry before being fired, no problem
12th January 2021 Labour relations and the fairness standards for dismissal of an employee in South Africa have long been centred around the formality of... →
Freezing of clients’ account prohibited in certain circumstances
8th October 2020 The Financial Intelligence Centre Act, 38 of 2001 (“FIC Act“), places an obligation on accountable institutions to identify clients, to keep record... →
