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The rise of the Chief Restructuring Officer in South Africa
4th October 2019 Eskom has one and SAA is looking for one. And as South African State Owned Enterprises (SEOs) and private sector companies continue to suffer from... →
Imminent Changes To US Immigration Program
1st October 2019 There has been a lot of recent media attention surrounding the EB-5 Investment Visa Program, and for good reason. South African residents are not... →
Secretly Recording Your Boss: Allowable Under Rica But Problematic Under The LRA
26th September 2019 Very recently, the Amabhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism challenged portions of the Regulation of Interception of Communication and... →
New EEA Form Issued In Terms Of The Employment Equity Act
10th September 2019 Section 27(1) of the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998 (“Act“) provides that every designated employer must submit an income differential statement... →
I Paid Him More Because He Asked For More
10th September 2019 Case law is beginning to develop the South African labour law around unfair discrimination which has arisen since the introduction of the “equal... →
The Failure To Communicate An Extension Of Probation Does Not Always Amount To A Confirmation Of Permanent Employment
10th September 2019 Issue: Whether an employee is a permanent employee at the end of the agreed probationary period where the employer does not explicitly confirm... →
Courts: you can get a speeding fine on private property
2nd September 2019 In the recent case of Mount Edgecombe Country Club Estate Management Association II (RF) NPC v Singh & Others, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA)... →
Proposed Tightening of the Anti-dividend Stripping Provisions
27th August 2019 During 2017 and 2018, several changes pertaining to the tax treatment of share buy-backs and so-called "dividend stripping transactions" were... →