End of the Year Newsletter

It needs to be said that South Africa currently is in an industrial relations nightmare. The Department of Labour appears to have lost the plot!  The spending is skewed in that a massive amount has been set aside to investigate the minimum wage when in fact the...

RETRENCHMENT

Unfortunately, 2015 has been a year of retrenchment.  We as attorneys have been extremely busy dismissing staff across the board for operational requirements.  The economy has not been helpful and nor has the amendments to the Labour Relations Act.  Employers, big and...

JOB CREATION

Everyone including all the political parties and even government have said that South Africa’s priority over the next few years must be job creation. Most people agree, especially the economists that job creation will be done by the small business community.  Over and...

RETRENCHMENT CRISIS

We are all aware that businesses across the board throughout South Africa are in retrenchment mode. Many employers’ especially small businesses are considering restructuring in order to cut down on their biggest cost, which is salary. Unfortunately, these...