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Community health workers, supported by Nehawu, picketed outside the Labour Court in Johannesburg on Tuesday. Photo: Silver Sibiya/GroundUp

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Striking workers gather outside the Mister Sweet factory in Germiston. Photo: Kimberly Mutandiro / GroundUp

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Katja Hamilton 14 Apr 2023

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Labour Law

Hearsay: The role of medical certificates in court

Jacques van Wyk & Michiel Heyns 14 Apr 2023

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Employment Equity

Bill signals major boost for workplace equity

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Remuneration & Payroll

Govt to implement 7.5% public sector wage increase through 'significant trade-offs'

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Labour Law & Unions

Quiet hiring: What it means for employers and employees

Shan Radcliffe 31 Mar 2023

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Labour Law

Do late objections to the CCMA still count?

Bradley Workman-Davies 30 Mar 2023

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Tax Law

What foreign employers need to know about required Sars registration

Joon Chong 24 Mar 2023

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Labour Law & Unions

Does sudden exclusion from a commission scheme constitute unfair labour practice?

Bradley Workman-Davies 23 Mar 2023

Ugandan legislators participate in the debate of the Anti-Homosexuality bill, which proposes tough new penalties for same-sex relations during a sitting at the Parliament building in Kampala, Uganda 21 March 2023. Reuters/Abubaker Lubowa

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Uganda passes a law making it a crime to identify as LGBTQ

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Content moderators sue Meta over alleged 'union-busting' in Kenya

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Content moderators sue Meta over alleged 'union-busting' in Kenya

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Labour Law & Unions

Tips to survive the national shutdown

Thabang Rapuleng and Tamsanqa Mila 17 Mar 2023

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Labour Law & Unions

Can you claim sexual harassment when mixing work and pleasure?

Bradley Workman-Davies 14 Mar 2023

Members of the South African public sector union, National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union (Nehawu) hold placards outside the Home Affairs office during a protest over wage disputes and other work issues in Cape Town, South Africa, 13 March 2023. Reuters/Esa Alexander

Labour Law

Court orders striking healthcare workers to end walkout

Tannur Anders 13 Mar 2023

Image source: Getty Images

Talent Acquisition

When employee background checks become an invasion of privacy

Nicol Myburgh 13 Mar 2023

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Labour Law

Facing employee retrenchments? Key legal considerations

Hugo Pienaar and Abigail Butcher 10 Mar 2023

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Labour Law

Does restraint of trade transfer when a business is sold?

Jacques van Wyk & Andre van Heerden 8 Mar 2023

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Employment Equity

Gender empowerment and the consequences of EEA non-compliance

Pamela Stein & Jamie Jacobs 7 Mar 2023

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Labour Law & Unions

No work, no pay principle to apply to striking employees

6 Mar 2023

Juta and Company acquires Siber Ink Legal Publications

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Juta and Company acquires Siber Ink Legal Publications

Juta and Company 6 Mar 2023

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Labour Law & Unions

Pitfalls of not preserving restraint of trade rights in final settlement

Brett Abraham & Jenna Atkinson 1 Mar 2023

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Remuneration & Payroll

National Minimum Wage increases

Dhevarsha Ramjettan 22 Feb 2023

Labour Law

Meta appeals Kenyan court's decision it can be sued in Kenya

Humphrey Malalo and Ayenat Mersie 21 Feb 2023

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Labour Law & Unions

Are employees entitled to severance pay? Not necessarily...

Jacques van Wyk and Michiel Heyns 17 Feb 2023

Image: A Standard Bank branch manager fired for “misconduct” must be reinstated, the Johannesburg Labour Appeal Court has ruled. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks/GroundUp

Labour Law & Unions

You can't be fired just because you're unpopular, court says

Tania Broughton 15 Feb 2023

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Labour Law & Unions

Enforcing restraint of trade: Planet Fitness case unfit for court

Bradley Workman-Davies and Kerry Fredericks 9 Feb 2023

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Labour Law

Qualification fraud doesn't pay... but fakers will

Hlengiwe Skosana 9 Feb 2023

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Occupational Health & Safety

Deadline for submissions on protection of community health workers extended

7 Feb 2023

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Social Media

Meta can be sued in Kenya by ex-content moderator, the country's court rules

Ayenat Mersie 7 Feb 2023

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Labour Law

Once judged, twice... res judicata

Mpumelelo Nxumalo and Kalene Watson 27 Jan 2023

Johan Botes, Partner and head of Baker McKenzie’s Employment & Compensation Practice in Johannesburg.

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Jacques van Wyk & Michiel Heyns 14 Apr 2023

Image source: Getty Images

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LegalWhat foreign employers need to know about required Sars registration

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Source: © vege -

HR & ManagementDoes sudden exclusion from a commission scheme constitute unfair labour practice?

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Ugandan legislators participate in the debate of the Anti-Homosexuality bill, which proposes tough new penalties for same-sex relations during a sitting at the Parliament building in Kampala, Uganda 21 March 2023. Reuters/Abubaker Lubowa

LegalUganda passes a law making it a crime to identify as LGBTQ

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Content moderators sue Meta over alleged 'union-busting' in Kenya

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HR & ManagementTips to survive the national shutdown

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HR & ManagementCan you claim sexual harassment when mixing work and pleasure?

Bradley Workman-Davies 14 Mar 2023

Members of the South African public sector union, National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union (Nehawu) hold placards outside the Home Affairs office during a protest over wage disputes and other work issues in Cape Town, South Africa, 13 March 2023. Reuters/Esa Alexander

LegalCourt orders striking healthcare workers to end walkout

Tannur Anders 13 Mar 2023

Image source: Getty Images

HR & ManagementWhen employee background checks become an invasion of privacy

Nicol Myburgh 13 Mar 2023

Image source: Andriy Popov –

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Hugo Pienaar and Abigail Butcher 10 Mar 2023

Image source: Elnur Amikishiyev –

LegalDoes restraint of trade transfer when a business is sold?

Jacques van Wyk & Andre van Heerden 8 Mar 2023

Image source: lightfieldstudios –

HR & ManagementGender empowerment and the consequences of EEA non-compliance

Pamela Stein & Jamie Jacobs 7 Mar 2023

Image source: marmaro –

HR & ManagementNo work, no pay principle to apply to striking employees

6 Mar 2023

Juta and Company acquires Siber Ink Legal Publications

LegalJuta and Company acquires Siber Ink Legal Publications

Juta and Company 6 Mar 2023

Image source: elnur –

HR & ManagementPitfalls of not preserving restraint of trade rights in final settlement

Brett Abraham & Jenna Atkinson 1 Mar 2023

Image source: Rabia Elif Aksoy –

HR & ManagementNational Minimum Wage increases

Dhevarsha Ramjettan 22 Feb 2023

LegalMeta appeals Kenyan court's decision it can be sued in Kenya

Humphrey Malalo and Ayenat Mersie 21 Feb 2023

Image source: Getty Images

HR & ManagementAre employees entitled to severance pay? Not necessarily...

Jacques van Wyk and Michiel Heyns 17 Feb 2023

Image: A Standard Bank branch manager fired for “misconduct” must be reinstated, the Johannesburg Labour Appeal Court has ruled. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks/GroundUp

HR & ManagementYou can't be fired just because you're unpopular, court says

Tania Broughton 15 Feb 2023

Image source: Antonio Dillard from

HR & ManagementEnforcing restraint of trade: Planet Fitness case unfit for court

Bradley Workman-Davies and Kerry Fredericks 9 Feb 2023

Image source: © Ion Chiosea –

LegalQualification fraud doesn't pay... but fakers will

Hlengiwe Skosana 9 Feb 2023

Image source: © Luca Bertolli –

HR & ManagementDeadline for submissions on protection of community health workers extended

7 Feb 2023

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Ayenat Mersie 7 Feb 2023

Image source: Getty Images

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Shoprite truck drivers protest for basic salary and transport allowance

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LegalPrivate cannabis use v zero tolerance policy - and the winner is...

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HR & ManagementNational Assembly approves candidates recommended for SABC Board

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Njabulo Mbele 5 Dec 2022