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In the third of four articles which look at what happens when parties refuse to participate virtually, Dr Hilda Grobler discusses the findings of the Labour Court where a party failed to attend her disciplinary hearing by linking up. She was Zoomed out of a job. -
In the fourth of four articles which look at what happens when parties refuse to participate virtually, Dr Hilda Grobler discusses why there are no valid reasons for hearings not to be held virtually, in order to ensure that courts and other fora remain functional. -
In the first of four articles which look at what happens when parties refuse to participate virtually, Dr Hilda Grobler summarises responses from the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) and the High Court to litigants who believe they have the right to insist on face-to-face hearings. They do not. -
Dismissal is appropriate when a Covid-19 health and safety policy is breached by an employee who fails to self-isolate when they have Covid-19 symptoms, or who continues to come to work after having been tested positive for the virus. -
In the second of four articles which look at what happens when parties refuse to participate virtually, Dr Hilda Grobler discusses what happens when parties refuse to participate virtually in retrenchment consultations. It is done with reference to what the Labour Court had to say when FAWU claimed procedural unfairness when the consultation proceeded in its absence. -
What happens when an employee steadfastly refuses to remove a light blue hairpin in contravention of a dress code that requires hairpins to be navy blue or black? -
A discussion of a recent Labour Appeal Court judgment which finally explains exactly what an order of “reinstatement with retrospective effect” actually means, and what applicants need to do in the event that a respondent refuses to comply with such an order. -
Does the vaccination proof-requirement amount to unfair discrimination against people who are not vaccinated? The answer is quite simply ‘NO’. As we discuss here. -
The developing law has been and is still being outpaced by the coronavirus pandemic, but it is quite apparent that while the employer bears the obligation to ensure that the workplace is safe, the employee also has corresponding obligations. -
We know that employers must provide a safe workplace. But what are his rights, and what demands can he make on employees in implementing and managing the containment of the COVID-19 pandemic?