by VDT Attorneys | Jul 15, 2022 | Employment law
The short answer is ‘yes’ an employee could be fired for such ‘moonlighting’. In any employment relationship, the employee has a duty of good faith and confidence to the employer and an employer must be able to place unfettered trust and confidence in the employee and...
by VDT Attorneys | Feb 8, 2022 | Employee, Employer, Employment, Employment law, Labour
Yes, the Covid-19 pandemic has affected many businesses and disrupted traditional work arrangements. However, as much as businesses have had to comply with Covid-19 regulations, your employees are still responsible for providing their services to their employer,...
by VDT Attorneys | Oct 12, 2021 | COVID-19, Employee, Employer, Employment, Employment law, Labour, Labour Court, Labour law
Our Labour Court has recently confirmed that the answer to this question is “yes” you can be dismissed for not wearing a face mask at work. As always, the facts of each case and the severity of the transgression will need to be taken into account to determine whether...
by VDT Attorneys | Sep 14, 2021 | Employee, Employment law, POPI, POPI Act, POPIA
Remote work has most certainly become an increasingly common phenomenon thanks largely also to the Covid-19 pandemic. Many businesses have been forced to enable staff to work remotely without much thought always to the concomitant security issues relating to such...
by VDT Attorneys | Sep 14, 2021 | Company, Employee, Employer, Employment, Employment law, Labour, Privacy
CCTV monitoring is a useful tool for improving security and identifying misconduct in the workplace. However, the ability of an employer to monitor employee conduct via such a tool is not unfettered, and an employer should take heed of the following aspects before...
by VDT Attorneys | Aug 10, 2021 | COVID -19, COVID-19 vaccine, Directive, Employer, Employment, Employment law
Up until the 11th June 2021, there was no law in South Africa which regulated the circumstances under which an employer may compel an employee to receive the Covid-19 vaccine. On this date however, the Minister of Employment and Labour (“the Minister”) published the...
