Retrenchment policies | Bizcommunity

Retrenchment policies | Bizcommunity

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Insights from Adcorp's Business Breakfast

Labour Law & Unions

Insights from Adcorp's Business Breakfast

Issued by Adcorp Group 28 Mar 2025

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Labour Law

LAC deems subjective assessments 'unfair' in retrenchment process

Chloë Loubser, Mbali Mnyandu, and Josua Loots 25 Sep 2024

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Labour Law & Unions

Importance of consensus in retrenchment consultation process

Amandla Makhongwana 10 Sep 2024

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Labour Law

Retrenchments: When can employers forgo a section 189(3) notice?

Amandla Makhongwana and Jared Allen 21 Aug 2024

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Labour Law

Landmark ConCourt ruling on right to fair procedure during retrenchments

27 May 2024

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Labour Law & Unions

Unemployment by death: What happens to employees when employers die?

Nasheetah Smith 16 Apr 2024

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Labour Law

Facing employee retrenchments? Key legal considerations

Hugo Pienaar and Abigail Butcher 10 Mar 2023

Calculating severance pay after retirement age

Remuneration & Payroll

Calculating severance pay after retirement age

Jonathan Goldberg 21 Jun 2021

You may retrench employees if they unreasonably refuse to accept changes to employment contracts

Labour Law

You may retrench employees if they unreasonably refuse to accept changes to employment contracts

28 Oct 2020

Why you should empower those you have to retrench

Management & Leadership

Why you should empower those you have to retrench

1 Jun 2020

Numsa vs SAA - death knell to successful business rescue?

Labour Law

Numsa vs SAA - death knell to successful business rescue?

Wessel Badenhorst and Chris Rey 11 May 2020

Demotion as an alternative to retrenchment during Covid-19 outbreak

Management & Leadership

Demotion as an alternative to retrenchment during Covid-19 outbreak

Kayla Shadiack 25 Mar 2020

ConCourt rules on procedural fairness of minority union retrenchments without consultation

Labour Law

ConCourt rules on procedural fairness of minority union retrenchments without consultation

27 Jan 2020

Difference between demand and proposal when trying to save jobs

Labour Law

Difference between demand and proposal when trying to save jobs

Tiisetso Rabolao and Julia Olley 16 Oct 2019

Retrenchment is not an opportunity to eliminate dead wood

Labour Law & Unions

Retrenchment is not an opportunity to eliminate dead wood

5 Aug 2019

ConCourt ruling and what Woolies could have done differently

Labour Law

ConCourt ruling and what Woolies could have done differently

Jonathan Goldberg 8 Nov 2018

How far can a company slash wages and benefits to maximise profits? ConCourt will decide

Labour Law

How far can a company slash wages and benefits to maximise profits? ConCourt will decide

Mluleki Marongo 20 Jun 2018

Unfair dismissals vs dismissals for operational requirements

Labour Law

Unfair dismissals vs dismissals for operational requirements

Jacques van Wyk and Andre van Heerden 8 Mar 2018

Can employers embark on redeployment before retrenchment processes commence?

Labour Law

Can employers embark on redeployment before retrenchment processes commence?

Samantha Bonato and Aadil Patel 25 May 2017

Is South Africa lagging behind in supportive retrenchment policies?

Labour Law & Unions

Is South Africa lagging behind in supportive retrenchment policies?

Harsha Gordhan 10 Apr 2015