by VDT Attorneys | May 13, 2019 | Business, Commercial, Company, Corporate, Director, Employment
Firstly it must be understood that although the positions of director, shareholder and employee can all reside in one person, these positions are not all the same and have different legal responsibilities potentially linked to them. A director of a company is...
by VDT Attorneys | May 13, 2019 | BEE, Business, Commercial, Corporate, Employment, Labour, Skills, Skills development, Tax, Youth
A useful tax incentive for employing youth is ETI or Employee Tax Incentive. ETI allows you to benefit up to R12,000 per year for every qualifying youth you employ. ETI was introduced to help make it more affordable for businesses to appoint new staff and assist young...
by VDT Attorneys | Apr 11, 2019 | BEE, Business, Commercial, Employment, Youth
On 28 August 2018 the Youth Employment Service Initiative (“YES Initiative”) was published within Code Series 000, Statement 000 of the Amended BEE Codes of Good Practice and became effective with immediate effect. The YES Initiative in short, is aimed at creating...
by VDT Attorneys | Apr 11, 2019 | Business, Dispute resolution, Interdict, Municipality, Property, Residential, Rights, Zoning
From the outset it must be clearly stated that not all businesses being operated from a residential property is illegal and unlawful. There are a number of aspects that must be considered to determine whether or not the business may be operated from a residential...
by VDT Attorneys | Mar 11, 2019 | Business, Commercial, Company, Lease, Property
Whether you can force the tenant to continue trading all depends on the terms of your lease agreement. In the case of Edcon Limited v Bay West City (Pty) Ltd, a landlord sought to force the lessee to continue trading after the latter gave notice that it would close...
by VDT Attorneys | Feb 19, 2019 | Business, Commercial, Company, Compliance, Corporate, Data Protection, Information and data protection, PAIA, POPI, POPIA
Amongst other things, the POPI Regulations shed further light on what the duties and responsibilities of an Information Officer are. POPI defines an Information Officer as follows: in relation to a public body: an Information Officer or Deputy Information...
