by VDT Attorneys | Aug 13, 2020 | Employment law, Equality, Equity, Reasonable accommodation
Article 2 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (hereinafter the “Convention”) provides that discrimination on the basis of disability is any distinction, exclusion or restriction on the basis of disability which has the purpose or effect of...
by VDT Attorneys | Jul 12, 2018 | Employment, Equity, Labour
In the recent judgment by our Constitutional Court, the court was called on to decide whether one employee’s reference to another as “swart man” was racist and derogatory. In making its determination, the sentiments of the late former President Nelson Mandela was...
by VDT Attorneys | Jun 11, 2015 | BEE, Corporate, Equity
Some of the reasons provided pursuant to the initial notice regarding the cap on BEE ownership points to be earned through BBOS and ESOPs, included the following: • The beneficiaries thereof will never have a real opportunity to participate in and drive the business...