Best-in-class companies know what it takes to attract and retain quality employees. While they make many attempts, most companies haven’t reached this status. But, when it comes to hiring, what exactly makes a best-in-class company? In fact, these companies have a decrease (in terms of overall category statistics) in time to hire, an increase in […]
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A common phenomenon in certain industries is that employers rely upon submissions and allegations made by employees in settlement negotiations or other discussions during their employment to allege that such employees repudiated their employment agreements. In practice, such repudiation is accepted with the aim of lawfully cancelling the employment agreement on a basis which suits
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During this time of economic uncertainty, businesses are leaning heavily on their workforce to ‘ride the storm’ and emerge stronger. This is a highly pressurized situation and not all parties play fair, which is why terms like substantially fair, procedurally unfair and automatically unfair have emerged and where the law, thankfully, offers much needed clarity.
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“You can’t fire me, I resign!” sounds like something one of Harvey Spectre’s clients might say. But if your employment relationship is not in Hollywood, but South Africa, what would the legal position be in respect of resignation to avoid dismissal? May an employee resign in the face of disciplinary action to avoid dismissal? The
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