NEWSLETTERS : INDEX OF SUBSCRIBER NEWSLETTERS
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When the inherent requirements of the job conflict with religious belief
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"Can an employer counter-claim for damages in defending an unfair dismissal claim?"
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'Reassessing the review test'
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Dismissal for refusing to accept an employer's demand
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When does negligence become 'gross'?
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Is a union bound by its certificate of registration and constitution?
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'Being an accomplice: an alternative to derivative misconduct?'
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'Strike law: Latest cases.'
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'Factors in deciding an appropriate sanction'
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'The violent strike: What remedies are there?'
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'Is there a distinction between dishonesty and gross dishonesty?'
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'When can a settlement agreement be set aside?'
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'When is a restraint of trade agreement unreasonable?'
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"Business rescue: what does it mean for the employment relationship?"
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Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace
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"Two issues in Strike law: Provocation by an employer leading to an unlawful strike, and the erroneous payment of wages to strikers"
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'The employee in prison'
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'Amendments to EEA and new CCMA Rules'
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'Legal responses to lay-offs.'
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'Strike law: 3 issues clarified'
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'How protected are whistle-blowers?'
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'Dismissal for refusing to follow instructions'
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'Harassment by an employee: How can an employer protect itself from liability to pay compensation?'
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'Do internal forensic reports have to be disclosed'
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'Can an ex-employee refer an unfair labour practice dispute'
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'Bullying as a form of harassment'
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'Managing delays in disciplinary hearings'
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Justifications for fixed-term contracts longer than three months
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'New cases on pre-retrenchment consultation'
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'Code of Good Practice on the Prevention and Elimination of Harassment in the Workplace'
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'The Foreign Employee: current law, changing policies'
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'The consequences of providing false information'
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'Case law: recruitment & employment contracts'
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'Using psychometric tests in the retrenchment process'
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'What to do if the record of the arbitration is not available?'
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'How precise must disciplinary charges be?'
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'Provocation'
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'Deciding who is involved in strike misconduct'
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'Update on dismissal law'
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'The employee injured at work: an employer's obligations'
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'POPIA in the workplace'
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'Delays and condonation: the tale of 2 cases'
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'New Technology and Procedural Fairness'
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'Can strikers who comply with an ultimatum be dismissed?'
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'The employer's right to restructure'
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'The changing understanding of the employment relationship'
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'Facing two claims from one event'
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"Dealing fairly with employee depression"
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"Update on Discrimination Law: Disability, pregnancy, age, and 'arbitrary' grounds"
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"Changes to terms and conditions of employment in a time of Covid-19"
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"A policy for remote working"
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"What happens when a fixed-term contract overruns the end date?"
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"Sexual harassment: What is unwelcome behaviour?"
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"Jobs, Eskom and climate change"
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"Exposing wage discrimination through new Employment Equity reporting rules"
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"Fire now, pay later - court orders after a long delay"
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"The Dismissal of Executive Employees"
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"What does precautionary suspension 'on full pay' mean?"
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"Update on certificates from Traditional Healers"
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"When is an employer not required to re-instate / re-employ?"
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'Changing terms and conditions of employment'
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"Speaking your mind in the workplace: what are the limits?"
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"An employer's response to the construction mafia: radical economic transformation or criminal racketeering?"
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"Refusing to re-employ ex-employees"
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"New CCMA Rules"
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"Union and political T-Shirts in the Workplace"
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"Justifying Job Requirements"
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"Q & A - Dagga and the workplace"
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"Selection criteria for retrenchment"
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"Doubts surface about Derivative Misconduct"
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'Challenges in managing absenteeism'
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'When is there a reasonable expectation of renewal of a fixed-term contract of employment?'
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'A consequence of ignoring a court order: Contempt of court'
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'Incompatibility'
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'Changing the culture of union-management meetings'
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'Interns & Learners: are they employees?'
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'Demotion as a disciplinary sanction'
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'Whistle-blowing: Changes to the Protected Disclosures Act'
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'Participation by employees in protests and demonstrations'
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'Searching & testing employees'
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'Remorse: What role should this play in the disciplinary process?'
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'What must be disclosed during an interview for a job?'
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'The award of costs against employees of the losing party'
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'Equal pay for equal work - how is discrimination proved?'
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'The liability of employers for sexual harassment: Section 60 of the EEA'
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'The balancing act of being an employee representative and an employee'
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'Weighing up mitigating and aggravating circumstances'
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'Likely flashpoints for 2017'
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'Disciplinary action after resignation'
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'Representation at the CCMA'
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'The Strike Ultimatum' in the light of a recent Constitutional Court judgment dealing with this issue.
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When is the refusal to work overtime a strike?
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Disciplinary procedures for large numbers of employees facing charges
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Whether it is always necessary to lead evidence about the breakdown in trust
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Dealing with unequal pay: how should employers respond?
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Disciplining a shop steward
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Can legally lock out all employees, whether they are union members or not?
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'Private views in public spaces: social media and racism'
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'Substituting the chairperson's sanction with a more severe sanction'
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'When is it fair for an employer to trap an employee?'
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'Contesting equal pay for equal work claims'
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'Conflicting versions in the evidence: what are the consequences?'
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Employment Services Act
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'Undue influence' by a CCMA Commissioner
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'Distinguishing Disability from Incapacity'
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Xenophobia and its impact on the workplace
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Maternity rights for men
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'Suspension - Questions and Answers'
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'Alternatives to retrenchment - the employer's obligation to consider employee representations'
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Employee Indebtedness: What is the employer's responsibility?
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'The Double Whammy - compensation under both the LRA and EEA'
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'Inherent requirements of the job'
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Employment Equity Regulations
Equal Pay for Equal Work
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'Is Compulsory Interest Arbitration a Good Idea?'
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'The tricky business of chairing a disciplinary hearing'
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Deeming
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Protection of Personal Information Act ("POPI")
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'Women Empowerment and Gender Equality Bill'
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Strategic responses to the new LRA 'non standard' employment provisions
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'The cross-over between misconduct and incapacity'
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'Getting more from conciliation'
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'Tax Incentives for job creation'
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''Workplace safety: New legislation on dangerous weapons'
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Mediation in the strike context
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The 2013 Labour Court Practice Manual and how this can be used for strategic dispute resolution..
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The right to severance pay when an employee declines offers of alternative employment.
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Deductions from employees' remuneration - what are the limits?
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Procedural fairness in dismissals for an unprotected strike.
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'The tyranny of the mob'.
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The latest and far-reaching LAC judgment on what constitutes a 'benefit'.
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The consequences of the acting appointment.
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Managing Absenteeism in the Workplace.
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Facebook, privacy and the workplace,
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A case study on a violent strike.
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Appointments and Promotions.
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The New HIV / AIDS Code: what are the changes?.
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Intimidation, evidence and proof
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When does conduct become 'gross'
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Strike ballots: do they play any role?
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The practical effect of the 2012 LRA Bill on 'non standard' employment.
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When to consult? When to negotiate?
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Revisiting protected strikes when violence occurs?
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Religious discrimination in the workplace
Click here for November2011 newsletter
Settlement Agreements - full and final?
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the new CCMA guidelines dealing with misconduct arbitrations
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Sustainability: the concept employers and unions needs to get their minds around.
Click here for August2011 newsletter
Strikes and related topics
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Moonlighting and an employee’s other business interests
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Giving a Reference: What are the dangers?
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Court intervention in the disciplinary process
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Can you vary or prematurely terminate a fixed term contract?
Click here for March 2011 newsletter
Is a restraint of trade agreement worth the paper its written on?
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Calculating your risk - how is compensation calculated?
Tangled relationships: Temporary employment services, the client and the employee
Click here for November 2010 newsletter
What happens when traditional, religious or cultural beliefs collide with commercial imperatives?
Click here for October 2010 newsletter
The company director as an employee
Click here for September 2010 newsletter
Developing an effective strike avoidance strategy
Click here for August 2010 newsletter
Using operational requirement procedures to deal with misconduct during a protected strike
Click here for July 2010 newsletter
Whistleblowing, public disclosures and victimization
Click here for June 2010 newsletter
Equal Pay for Equal Work
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Pregnancy, Discrimination and Operational Requirements
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Team misconduct and collective responsibility
Click here for March 2010 newsletter
Getting more from your Grievance Procedure
Click here for February 2010 newsletter
Misconduct outside the workplace- when can the employer justifiably take action and for what reasons?
Click here for December 2009 / January 2010 newsletter
Pornography and Internet abuse
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'Second generation' outsourcing transfers
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Representing a fellow employee at a disciplinary hearing: what are the limits? What is the protection?
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Avoiding retrenchments: what are the options?
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Misrepresentation, Smoke and Mirrors
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Blurring the lines between incapacity, misconduct and operational requirements
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Procedural fairness and the use of new technology
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Fresh evidence and new charges at arbitration
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Corporate Bullying
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Employees` rights to ownership and copyright of software
Click here for February 2009 newsletter;
The retrenched employee`s rights to use arbitration
Click here for December 2008 / January 2009 newsletter;
Sick leave, doctors’ certificates and related problems
Click here for November 2008 newsletter;
Managing alcohol abuse in the workplace.
Click here for October 2008 newsletter;
The new Companies Act: new opportunities for employees and trade unions.
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Petty theft, the employer’s sanction, and the Court’s role
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Depression, Breakdowns and Mental Ill-Health
Click here for July 2008 newsletter;
Bringing the employer into disrepute
Click here for June 2008 newsletter;
Conciliation - the power to dismiss the matter for non appearance and to determine jurisdiction to conciliate.
Click here for May 2008 newsletter;
Guidelines in Preparing for Arbitration
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Culture and sexual behaviour
Click here for March 2008 newsletter;
Employer`s right to change employment contracts and policies
Click here for February 2008 newsletter;
Derivative misconduct- what must an employer prove?
Click here for December 2007/January 2008 newsletter;
Fixed term contracts: How permanent is the temporary employee?
Click here for November 2007 newsletter;
The role of an arbitrator in asessessing the fairness of an employer`s sanction
Click here for October 2007 newsletter;
Dismissing the employees of a labour broker.
Click here for September 2007 newsletter;
When is a continuing employment relationship intolerable?
Click here for August 2007 newsletter;
A perspective on work - life balance
Click here for July 2007 newsletter;
How appealing are appeals?
Click here for June 2007 newsletter;
Employer protection from damages for sexual harassment.
Click here for May 2007 newsletter;
The role of a chairperson at a disciplinary hearing.
Click here for April 2007 newsletter;
'Reasonable accomodation' for employees- how far does the employer have to go?
Click here for March 2007 newsletter;
Can a disciplinary chairperson`s sanction be overruled by management?
Click here for February 2007 newsletter;
Restructuring the new business - a new approach?
Click here for December/January 2007 newsletter;
Unfair labour practices falling outside the LRA
Click here for November 2006 newsletter;
Affirmative action as a criteria for retrenchment
Click here for October 2006 newsletter;
Deferring to the employer`s view on sanction
Click here for September 2006 newsletter;
Procedural over-regulation of disciplinary hearings.
Click here for August 2006 newsletter;
Managing workplace diversity : lessons from SATAWU obo Finca v Old MutualClick here for July 2006 newsletter;
Resigned to resignations?
Click here for June 2006 newsletter;
How much planning can an employer do prior to pre-retrenchment consultation?
Click here for May 2006 newsletter; When third parties demand the dismissal of an employee
Click here for April 2006 newsletter;
Understanding the relationship of trust
Click here for March 2006 newsletter;
Legal representation at disciplinary hearings
Click here for February 2006 newsletter;
Managing the grievance process more effectively
Click here for January 2006 newsletter;
Agreeing disciplinary action - a missed opportunity?
Click here for November/December 2005 newsletter;
Procedural fairness in disciplinary action less than dismissal
Click here for October 2005 newsletter;
Appointments and Promotions
Click here for September 2005 newsletter;
- A Useful Tool?
Click here for August 2005 newsletter;
The 2005 Code on Sexual Harassment - Part 2
Click here for July 2005 newsletter;
The 2005 Code on Sexual Harassment - Part 1
Click here for June 2005 newsletter;
Incompatibility -- Compatible with the LRA?
Click here for May 2005 newsletter;
Taking the arbitrator`s decision on review
Click here for April 2005 newsletter;
Whistle-blowing: The implications for employers and employees
Click here for March 2005 newsletter;
Joinder in appointment grievances: what? why? how?
Click here for February 2005 newsletter;
Understanding Promotion and Demotion disputes
Click here for January 2005 newsletter;
Racism in the Workplace
Click here for November/December 2004 newsletter;
Test applied by arbitrators in interfering with the employer's sanction.
Click here for October 2004 newsletter;
Understanding the employer's duty of good faith in a modern context.
Click here for September 2004 newsletter;
Restructuring: second-guessing the employer.
Click here for August 2004 newsletter;
Shrinking theft problems- guidelines.
Click here for July 2004 newsletter;
Can an employee charged with misconduct sue the employer for defamation?
Click here for June 2004 newsletter;
Condonation for attorney's negligence: where do parties stand?
Click here for May 2004 newsletter;
The potential and problems of fixed term contracts.
Click here for April 2004 newsletter;
Warning lights on sexual harassment.
Click here for March 2004 newsletter;
Does managerial prerogative include amending contracts of employment?
Click here for February 2004 newsletter;
The uses and abuses of polygraphs.
Click here for January 2004 newsletter;
The rules of evidence for disciplinary enquiries- part 3
Click here for November/December 2003 newsletter;
The rules of evidence for disciplinary enquiries- part 2
Click here for October 2003 newsletter;
The rules of evidence for disciplinary enquiries- part 1
Click here for September 2003 newsletter;
Changes to the Labour Court system.
Click here for August 2003 newsletter;
Balancing consistency and fairness.
Click here for June 2003 newsletter;
The con-arb process: how wary should you be?
Click here for May 2003 newsletter;
Does the employer need written consent to intercept employees' e-mail?