The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) decided this month that the dismissal of an employee who refused to be vaccinated was substantively fair. Daniel van der Merwe, the Eastern Cape manager of the Consolidated Employers Organisation, says the CCMA’s decision and the commissioner’s reasoning provide employers with an indication of how the CCMA […]
The Labour Appeal Court (LAC) has ruled that an employee who worked for four years after he reached retirement age was entitled to severance pay based on his entire period of employment, not only the four years after he retired. Werksmans Attorneys says the case is important because the court found that a break in […]
From 1 January next year, Old Mutual employees will have to submit proof that they have been vaccinated against Covid-19. This follows similar announcements in September by Discovery Health and in October by mining service partner Fraser Alexander. Old Mutual’s chief executive, Iain Williamson, said the company has a moral obligation to make decisions that […]
The following article is reproduced from Talking Point, a publication issued by Walkers Attorneys in Cape Town, with their kind permission. Sangoma training and work ethic by Amien Hoosain Kiewits Kroon Country Estate v Johanna Mmoledi, a judgment of the Supreme Court of Appeal on 29 November 2013, concerned a clash of cultures in the […]
