Triumph for employee rights in 197A transfer case

Triumph for employee rights in 197A transfer case

In a significant victory for a group of twelve employees, the Constitutional Court recently refused an application for leave to appeal in a case concerning the transfer of business as a going concern under Section 197A of the Labour Relations Act (LRA). This landmark...
No Man’s Land

No Man’s Land

Since the advent of the National Lockdown to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 Virus and now regular Loadshedding, many employers have resorted to placing their employees on a temporary layoff to alleviate the deleterious economic effects of both of these events on...
No Man’s Land

Close but no cigar.

The Labour Court has recently grappled with the question relating to the legal status of an Award for reinstatement in the decision Mahlangu v Rand Water (2023) 44 ILJ 569 (LC). The Court drew on the wisdom of the Apex Court in Numsa obo Moses Fohlisa and 41 Others v...