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

Community health workers picket outside Labour CourtSilver Sibiya

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

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

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Distell workers down tools and picket

Distell workers down tools and picket

Liezl Human 8 Feb 2023

Image: UCT Employees Union is planning to strike as negotiations deadlocked with university management at the CCMA on Thursday. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks/GroundUp

UCT Employees Union threatens strike as negotiations deadlock

Liezl Human 27 Jan 2023

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Once judged, twice... res judicata

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

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Can an employer dock salaries due to load shedding?

Can an employer dock salaries due to load shedding?

Tata Mokwayi 16 Jan 2023

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Campaign to pay former teaching assistants resumes

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Much ado about tattoos: Workplace rules

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SANParks approves polygraph testing

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Employer obligations: Do you have a whistleblowing policy?

Dakalo Singo 15 Dec 2022

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#BestofBiz 2022: HR & Management

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Shoprite truck drivers protest for basic salary and transport allowance

Shoprite truck drivers protest for basic salary and transport allowance

9 Dec 2022

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

Kerry Fredericks and Bradley Workman-Davies 8 Dec 2022

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New job? Beware restraint of trade clauses hiding in your contract

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Alleged Ters fraudsters arrested

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Workers from public sector unions affiliated to three federations marched to the National Treasury in Tshwane on Tuesday demanding that the government revise its 3% wage increase. Photo: Chris Gilili / GroundUp

Public sector workers call on government to return to negotiating table

Chris Gilili, Thamsanqa Mbovane and Joseph Chirume 23 Nov 2022

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Embracing neurodiversity in the workplace

Brett Abraham 22 Nov 2022

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Nxesi seeks to clarify 'misinformation' regarding wage offer

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Public sector strike action may put the new ESC Regulations to the test

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Fair play when dealing with bullying in the workplace

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Unions, membership and the right to representation

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Nxesi says 7.5% average wage increase "still available"

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Unions reject Transnet's revised wage offer, continue strike

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Enforcing restraint of trade: Planet Fitness case unfit for court

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

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Distell workers down tools and picket

Distell workers down tools and picket

Liezl Human 8 Feb 2023

Image: UCT Employees Union is planning to strike as negotiations deadlocked with university management at the CCMA on Thursday. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks/GroundUp

UCT Employees Union threatens strike as negotiations deadlock

Liezl Human 27 Jan 2023

Image source: Getty Images

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.

#BizTrends2023: Quitting quiet quitting - balancing the needs of employers and employees

Johan Botes 23 Jan 2023

Can an employer dock salaries due to load shedding?

Can an employer dock salaries due to load shedding?

Tata Mokwayi 16 Jan 2023

Image source: Vitaliy Vodolazskyy –

Campaign to pay former teaching assistants resumes

12 Jan 2023

Image source: Olha Ruskykh from

Much ado about tattoos: Workplace rules

10 Jan 2023

Source: iStock.

SANParks approves polygraph testing

23 Dec 2022

Image source: robert hyrons –

Employer obligations: Do you have a whistleblowing policy?

Dakalo Singo 15 Dec 2022

#BestofBiz 2022: HR & Management

#BestofBiz 2022: HR & Management

12 Dec 2022

Shoprite truck drivers protest for basic salary and transport allowance

Shoprite truck drivers protest for basic salary and transport allowance

9 Dec 2022

Image source: fahrner –

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

Kerry Fredericks and Bradley Workman-Davies 8 Dec 2022

Image source: jason salmon –

New job? Beware restraint of trade clauses hiding in your contract

Njabulo Mbele 5 Dec 2022

Image source: Kindel Media from

Alleged Ters fraudsters arrested

28 Nov 2022

Workers from public sector unions affiliated to three federations marched to the National Treasury in Tshwane on Tuesday demanding that the government revise its 3% wage increase. Photo: Chris Gilili / GroundUp

Public sector workers call on government to return to negotiating table

Chris Gilili, Thamsanqa Mbovane and Joseph Chirume 23 Nov 2022

Image source: Tara Winstead from

Embracing neurodiversity in the workplace

Brett Abraham 22 Nov 2022

Image source: Leon Swart –

Nxesi seeks to clarify 'misinformation' regarding wage offer

21 Nov 2022

Image source: _fla –

Public sector strike action may put the new ESC Regulations to the test

Lizle Louw & Siya Ngcamu 21 Nov 2022

Image source: Yan Krukov from

Fair play when dealing with bullying in the workplace

Jacques van Wyk and Michiel Heyns 15 Nov 2022

Image source: Karolina Grabowska from

Employee dismissed for wanting to wear heels... Now the shoe is on the other foot

Eugene Phajane, Mpumelelo Nxumalo, Kalene Watson, Kgololego Pooe & Masibulele Mabanga 11 Nov 2022

Image source: Vitaliy Vodolazskyy –

Unions, membership and the right to representation

Bradley Workman-Davies 3 Nov 2022

Mining companies need to adapt to a greener economy and more stringent transformation targets

Mining companies need to adapt to a greener economy and more stringent transformation targets

Nirvasha Singh, Carryn Alexander, Jaqui Pinto, Giada Masina, Garyn Rapson, Lizle Louw 2 Nov 2022

Image source: Matilda Wormwood from

How to respond to unfair discrimination based on pregnancy

Nivaani Moodley, Joani van Vuuren and Jamie Jacobs 1 Nov 2022

Image source: Kristaps Eberlins –

Using picketing rules and the Code on Harassment to mitigate strike-related violence

Brett Abraham & Nonjabulo Mthembu 28 Oct 2022

Image source: Leon Swart –

Nxesi says 7.5% average wage increase "still available"

26 Oct 2022

Image source: Christos Georghiou –

DPSA refutes wage negotiation media reports

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Johan Olivier, Partner and Siya Ngcamu, Associate at Webber Wentzel

What role do employers have in eradicating gender-based violence?

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Unions reject Transnet's revised wage offer, continue strike

Unions reject Transnet's revised wage offer, continue strike

13 Oct 2022

Transnet tables wage offer

Transnet tables wage offer

13 Oct 2022

Transnet strike to hit production and exports, says Kumba Iron Ore

Transnet strike to hit production and exports, says Kumba Iron Ore

Nelson Banya 11 Oct 2022

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What duties do employers have when recovering funds misappropriated by employees?

Jacques Van Wyk and Nasheetah Smith 10 Oct 2022

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3% wage increase offer 'generous', says government

6 Oct 2022

A Transnet Freight Rail train is seen next to tons of coal mined from the nearby Khanye Colliery mine, at the Bronkhorstspruit station, in Bronkhorstspruit, around 90km north-east of Johannesburg, South Africa, 26 April 2022. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

SA rail, port workers to strike over wages - unions

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Unpacking the Coida Bill and its importance to employers, employees

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Employee tax considerations when contracting work to non-SA residents

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Employment compliance inspections for wholesale, retail and hospitality sectors

Dhevarsha Ramjettan, Nivaani Moodley and Siya Ngcamu 27 Sep 2022

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Employment offers - what does it take to conclude an agreement?

Jacques van Wyk and Michiel Heyns 23 Sep 2022

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In the fight for equal pay, the law is not enough

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