The 2025 Code of Good Practice: Dismissal – What Employers Need to Know
On 4 September 2025, the Minister of Employment and Labour published the new Code of Good Practice: Dismissal (“the Code”) under the Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995 (“LRA”). The Code consolidates the principles applicable to dismissals for misconduct, incapacity and operational requirements into a single framework and replaces the previous Code of Good Practice […]
Employment Without Borders: The Legal Risks of Cross-Border Remote Work
Remote work has changed the way in which businesses recruit and employees seek opportunities. A South African employee can now work from their home in Cape Town for a company based in London, New York or elsewhere in the world, without ever setting foot in the country in which their employer operates. While these arrangements […]
Restraints of trade, what does it mean?
Restraints of trade are used in South Africa by employers in an attempt to protect themselves from erstwhile employees using their insider knowledge to undermine them in the market. Or at least that is what they are supposed to do. These types of agreements or clauses (as they are generally put in employment contracts as […]
The amendment to the Employment Equity Act
The Employment Equity Act (EEA) was enacted to promote equal opportunity and eliminate unfair discrimination in the workplace. The Act has undergone several amendments since its inception in 1998. The latest amendment will be coming into effect in 2023. These amendments impose new obligations on employers and require them to take more proactive steps towards […]