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Condoning late delivery: All relevant factors considered

by GilesFiles | Jan 30, 2025 | 2020 onwards, Appeals - leave, Applications, Awards -s145 see also Sidumo, Causes and defences, Condonation, Conduct & capacity, Contractual breach, Courts, Declaratory, Disallowed, Evidence & onus, Interpretation etc, Judges, Jurisdiction & powers, Labour Appeal Court, Labour Relations, LAC judges, LAC Rules-old, leave to appeal, Legal Practice, Legislation, Logistics, LRA 08a: 185-197B Dismissal, LRA 1995, MPN Nkutha-Nkontwana, Orders, Parties, Private enterprises, Protect not punish, Resolving disputes (LRL 3), Review tests, Rules Codes & Manual, Sectors, Selected judges, Statutes (LRL 2)-work, Statutory, Termination (LRL 8), Topics, Trade, Trust & confidence | 0 |

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Fair labour practices: Meaning of ‘everyone’ in s 23(1)

by GilesFiles | Apr 25, 2018 | 2018, 2018, Bill of Rights, Causes and defences, Central, Constitutional Court, Courts, Dignity equality freedom, Exceptions/special pleas, JC Froneman, Judges, Labour Relations, Landmark judgments, Legal Practice, Legality principle, Legislation, Legitimate expectations, Logistics, LRA 1995, PAJA 2000, Practices (LRL 9), Public policy, Sectors, Statutes (LRL 2)-work, Topics | 0 |

Pretorius v Transport Pension Fund The constitutional court has dealt with a number of very important issues, including the right to fair labour practices. “Contemporary labour trends highlight the need to take a broad...

Threshold agreement bar: Minority union organisational rights

by GilesFiles | Jan 25, 2018 | 2018, Causes and defences, Collective Bargaining (LRL 5), Common law, Construction industry, Courts, Interpretation etc, Judges, Labour Court, Labour Court judges, Labour Relations, LRA 1995, MPN Nkutha-Nkontwana, Organisations (LRL 4), Parties, Review tests, Sectors, Settlement agreements, Statutes (LRL 2)-work, Topics, Trade unions | 0 |

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New forms of working: Discussed by Darcy du Toit

by GilesFiles | Jul 26, 2016 | philosophy / economics, Reforms required, Thought Leaders, Words & phrases | 0 |

“But fast-forward to a more up-to-date workplace and the clerk has disappeared; in her or his place is a QR (“quick response code”) reader where customers swipe their documents and there is no queue. In the same way, customers...

What is Work Law?

by GilesFiles | Jan 27, 2015 | About GilesFiles | 1 |

The terms labour law, employment law, labour relations law and industrial relations law are all currently used. Do they all mean the same thing? It gets a bit confusing. The International Labour Organisation seems to have...

Age discrimination: ConCourt and job applicant

by GilesFiles | Jun 19, 2014 | 2014 and earlier, 2015 and earlier, Appeals, AUD, Bill of Rights, ConCourt judges, Constitutional Court, Courts, Dignity equality freedom, Discrimination (LRL 11), Edwin Cameron, EEA 1998, EEA Chpt II ss 5-11, Employ Equity (LRL 12), Equal outcomes, JC Froneman, Judges, Labour Relations, Landmark judgments, Legal Practice, LRA 08a: 185-197B Dismissal, LRA 1995, philosophy / economics, Retired judges, Retirement, Statutes (LRL 2)-work, Termination (LRL 8), Topics | 0 |

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Invalid reason considered: Fairness of dismissal irrelevant

by GilesFiles | Nov 1, 2012 | 2017, 2017, Balancing interests, Causes and defences, Courts, Insights, Interpretation etc, Judges, Labour Appeal Court, LAC judges, Landmark judgments, LRA 1995, Objective - correctness, Termination (LRL 8) | 2 |

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Unlawful but fair dismissal: Differences explained

by GilesFiles | Feb 24, 1997 | 2014 and earlier, 2015 and earlier, Appeals, Causes and defences, ConCourt judges, Conduct & capacity, Constructive: 186(1)(e), Courts, General, Incompatibility, Interpretation etc, JC Froneman, Judges, Jurisdiction & powers, Labour Appeal Court, Labour Relations, LAC judges, Landmark judgments, Lawfulness & fairness, Legal Practice, LRA 08a: 185-197B Dismissal, LRA 1995, Performance, philosophy / economics, Risks, Statutes (LRL 2)-work, Termination (LRL 8), Topics, Trust & confidence | 0 |

WL Ochse Webb & Pretorius (Pty) Ltd v Vermeulen Unlawful but fair may seem strange but the concepts are explained clearly by justice Froneman who was a judge in the constitutional court and retired in 2020. The labour appeal...

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