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Exploitation myth exposed: Eustace Davie

by GilesFiles | May 5, 2025 | AJ - General, Insights

The exploitation myth keeps South Africans poor Author: Eustace Davie [Acknowledgement to author and the Free Market Foundation] 3 May 2025 South Africans are told almost daily: Workers are exploited, profits are stolen, and employment is a form of oppression. They...

Niccolò Machiavelli and Trump: Understanding president’s behaviour

by GilesFiles | May 2, 2025 | AA - Resources generally, AU - ChatGPT, Insights

How Machiavelli’s ideas can be connected to Trump Books by Niccolò Machiavelli—especially The Prince—are relevant to understanding Donald Trump's behaviour as president because they offer a framework for analysing power, leadership, and political strategy that aligns...

Protecting legitimate interests: Restraining former employee

by GilesFiles | May 2, 2025 | 2020 onwards, AB - Law generally, Applications, BCEA 77(3) & 77A(e), Bill of Rights, Causes and defences, Contractual breach, Costs, Courts, Free and fair, Granted, Granted, Insights, Interdicts & rules, Interpretation etc, Judges, Jurisdiction & powers, Just and equitable relief, Labour Court, Labour Court judges, Legal Practice, Legislation, Management, Markets in SA, Orders, Parties, Personal Information, Personal services, Private enterprises, Protectable interests, Resolving disputes (LRL 3), RGO Lagrange, Risks, Rules Codes & Manual, Sectors, Selected judges, Topics, Trade restraints, Urgency

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Employment Equity Act: Annexures EEA4 and EEA9

by GilesFiles | Apr 27, 2025 | AA - Resources generally, AH05 - EEA, Discrimination (LRL 11), EEA 1998, EEA Chpt II ss 5-11, EEA4 s27, EEA9 Levels s21, Insights, Labour Relations

Employment Equity Act: Annexures EEA4 and EEA9 Are the latest levels flawed and even unconstitutional? Occupational levels and performance standards: Understanding how occupational levels apply in practice 1 Setting the Big Vision [Why] ???? You’re steering the ship....

Disproportionate pay differentials: 7 occupational levels

by GilesFiles | Apr 25, 2025 | AB - Law generally, AB1 - Fairness principle or concept, AH05 - EEA, Equal pay and value, False assumptions, Insights, Job evaluation and grading, Management, Pay differentials, Pay progression, Seven occupational levels, Work Science Institute

???? TITLE: Fair Pay Across Job Levels A Summary of Willem Albertus Liebenberg’s Master's Thesis (2023) ???? UNIVERSITY: Stellenbosch University – Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences ???? Degree: Master of Commerce ???? Date: June 2023...

Awarding punitive costs: Failing to provide reasons

by GilesFiles | Apr 24, 2025 | 2020 onwards, AB1 - Fairness principle or concept, Allowed, Appeals, Appeals - leave, Applications, Bill of Rights, Causes and defences, ConCourt judges, Constitutional Court, Costs, Costs punitive, Courts, Declaratory, Evidence & onus, General, Hospitality, Insights, Interpretation etc, Joinder, Judges, Jurisdiction & powers, Legal Practice, Legislation, OL Rogers, Orders, Parties, Private enterprises, Sectors, Selected judges, Topics

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Participating in unprotected strike: Unsafe mine conditions?

by GilesFiles | Apr 23, 2025 | 2020 onwards, 64-77 Strikes, 68 strike unprotected, Balancing interests, Bill of Rights, Causes and defences, Conduct & capacity, Courts, Covid-19 issues, Declaratory, Granted, ILO Conventions, Insights, Interpretation etc, Judges, Jurisdiction & powers, Labour Court, Labour Court judges, Labour Relations, Lawfulness & fairness, Legal Practice, Legislation, LRA 08a: 185-197B Dismissal, LRA 1995, Mining, Orders, Parties, Private enterprises, Protect not punish, Reinstatement, Resolving disputes (LRL 3), RN Daniels, Sectors, Specific performance, Statutes (LRL 2)-work, Statutory, Termination (LRL 8), Topics, Unlawful and void

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Applying policies correctly: Terminating practising privileges

by GilesFiles | Apr 15, 2025 | 2020 onwards, AB - Law generally, AB1 - Fairness principle or concept, AK - Health & Safety, Applications, Balancing interests, Causes and defences, Conduct unbecoming, Consumer protection, Costs, Courts, Declaratory, Evidence & onus, High Court, High Court judges, Insights, Interpretation etc, Judges, Jurisdiction & powers, Lawfulness & fairness, Legal Practice, Legislation, Management, Managerial prerogative, Orders, Parties, Personal services, Policies - all, Private enterprises, Reinstatement, Rules Codes & Manual, Sectors, Termination (LRL 8), Topics, Trust & confidence

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Employment Equity Regulations: New Targets and Regulations

by GilesFiles | Apr 15, 2025 | AF - Internal equity external parity, AH - Labour Legislation & Rules, AH05 - EEA, Insights, Job evaluation and grading, Management, Pay differentials, Seven occupational levels, Work Science Institute

Two sets of Employment Equity Regulations Employment Equity Act Determination of sectoral numerical targets Employment Equity Act Repeal of Employment Equity Regulations, 2014 MEDIA RELEASE Publication of the two sets of Employment Equity Regulations following the...

Arbitrary wage discrimination: Rational wage differential?

by GilesFiles | Apr 14, 2025 | 2020 onwards, AB1 - Fairness principle or concept, André van Niekerk, Appeals, Appeals - leave, Causes and defences, Courts, Declaratory, Disallowed, EEA 1998, EEA Chpt II ss 5-11, EEA Codes, Employ Equity (LRL 12), Equal pay and value, Insights, Interpretation etc, Judges, Jurisdiction & powers, Labour Appeal Court, Labour Relations, LAC judges, Legal Practice, Legislation, LRA 07: 112-184 Dispute, LRA 1995, Management, Managerial prerogative, Manufacturing, Objective - correctness, Orders, Parties, Pay differentials, Private enterprises, Resolving disputes (LRL 3), Review tests, Sectors, Selected judges, Statutes (LRL 2)-work, Statutory, Topics, Work Science Institute

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