Contracts
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The failure to communicate an extension of probation does not always amount to a confirmation of permanent employment
The failure to communicate an extension of probation does not always amount to a confirmation of permanent employment By Andre van Heerden, Senior Associate ... -
Escape route: “Resignation with immediate effect”
Escape route: “Resignation with immediate effect” By Michael Yeates, Director and Kirstin Swanepoel, Candidate Attorney, Employment, Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr The latest case in the ... -
Be wary of incorporating disciplinary codes and procedures into employment contracts
Be wary of incorporating disciplinary codes and procedures into employment contracts By Gavin Stansfield, Director and Zola Mcaciso, Associate, Employment, Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr In ... -
Employee or Contractor? Courts will give effect to Contractual Terms
Employee or Contractor? Courts will give effect to Contractual Terms By Neil Coetzer, Partner, Employment Law, Benefits & Industrial Relations, Cowan-Harper Attorneys In the ... -
Terminating fixed-term contracts a headache
Terminating fixed-term contracts a headache Ivan Israelstam Until the new labour laws being currently discussed are implemented it will be easy to appoint a ... -
Withdrawal of job offers
Be careful of creating your own definitions Ivan Israelstam South Africa’s labour-law statutes do not deal with the situation where a job applicant has ... -
Who is an Employee? The question addressed
Who is an Employee? The question addressed This question still floated around on a daily basis. It is a fact that there are many ... -
Who is an Employee? The question addressed. (Part 2)
Continuing from Part 1 which was published last week, we firstly define the term ” rebuttable presumption.” A “rebuttable presumption” (Latin, praesumptio iuris tantum) ... -
Who is an Employee? The question addressed (Part 3)
Who is an Employee? The question addressed (Part 3) When looking deeper into the rebuttable presumption, one might conclude that it is sufficient for ... -
Who is an Employee? The question addressed. (Part 4)
Who is an Employee? The question addressed. (Part 4) The Code addresses the question of: when does a person becomes an employee? Disputes arise ...
