by VDT Attorneys | Feb 21, 2024 | Employee, Employee-wellbeing, Employment, Labour
With many countries around the globe, especially after the Covid-19 pandemic, showing an interest in and trialling a four-day workweek and with some countries already having moved to a four-day workweek, it is understandable that the debate and consideration of a...
by VDT Attorneys | Sep 8, 2023 | Employment, Foreign Nationals
The proposed Employment Services Amendment Bill, 2021 (“Bill”) introduced last year in the National Assembly flows from a proposed National Labour Migration Policy (“Policy”) introduced by the Minister of Employment and Labour. Although the Policy proposes several...
by VDT Attorneys | Mar 21, 2022 | Coronavirus, COVID -19, Dismissal, Employee, Employer, Employment, Vaccinate
The short answer, is “yes” an employee can be dismissed for refusing to get vaccinated. Whether or not that is the case in a given situation will however depend on a number of factors. So let’s break it down. Firstly, in June 2021 the the Minister of Employment and...
by VDT Attorneys | Mar 8, 2022 | Employment, Labour, Psychometric
Psychometric tests are generally used to measure personality traits or personal characteristics about a person including aspects such as styles or modes of working, ability to think conceptually, decision-making styles and stress levels. In the employment context,...
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 | Nov 15, 2021 | Employment, Employment Equity Act
There is most certainly amendments afoot in respect of employment equity. In 2020 a new Employment Equity Bill was introduced and which Bill has now progressed further towards finalisation. The Bill proposes a number of changes to the current employment equity...
