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A recent Labour Court ruling is a setback for the Agricultural, Food and Allied Democratic Workers’ Union’s bid to halt the loss of jobs at Premier’s Tulbagh fruit cannery. Archive photo: Greg Dor / GroundUp

Labour Law & Unions

Labour Court rejects union bid to stop job losses at Tulbagh cannery

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Labour Law

"Too old" for severance: Labour Court rules against age discrimination in VSPs

Bradley Workman-Davies 16 Oct 2026

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Labour Law

Mutual separation vs retrenchment: LAC ruling provides clarity

Talita Laubscher and Chloë Loubser 18 Mar 2026

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Energy

Electricity woes push Glencore, Merafe to begin layoffs

2 Dec 2025

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Labour Law

Court ruling on polygraph dismissals and misclassified terminations

Riona Kalua 17 Sep 2025

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Remuneration & Payroll

A guide to golden handshakes: Legal tips for untarnished employee exits

27 Jun 2025

Brian Eagar, CEO of Towerstone

Management & Leadership

What makes a great company culture? Finding that elusive X-factor

Brian Eagar 21 Sep 2023

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Labour Law & Unions

Are employees entitled to severance pay? Not necessarily...

Jacques van Wyk and Michiel Heyns 17 Feb 2023

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Labour Law & Unions

No severance pay for employee who refused Covid vaccination

Tania Broughton 17 May 2022

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

Facing retrenchment? Here's 5 tips to start a business

How To Start Up

Facing retrenchment? Here's 5 tips to start a business

15 Jul 2020

Unions accept SAA severance packages

Labour Law & Unions

Unions accept SAA severance packages

8 Jul 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

How to fix the gap between school and work in South Africa

Higher Education

How to fix the gap between school and work in South Africa

Kobus Maree 10 Feb 2020

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

Voluntary retrenchment may no longer be an easy sell

Tax Law

Voluntary retrenchment may no longer be an easy sell

Stephan Spamer, Lauren Salt, and Ryan McKerrow 9 Mar 2018

Tax break for voluntarily retrenched employees

Labour Law & Unions

Tax break for voluntarily retrenched employees

Joon Chong, Dhevarsha Ramjettan, Nivaani Moodley a 12 Feb 2018

Former Prasa CFO must pay back just over R8.2m

Railway

Former Prasa CFO must pay back just over R8.2m

Kyle Cowan 2 Aug 2017

Retrenchment and taxes - creating best packages

Management & Leadership

Retrenchment and taxes - creating best packages

Mariana Stander 19 Jul 2017

FMCG

Glass half full for workers at AB InBev and Coca-Cola

Ann Crotty 30 Jan 2017

FlightSiteAgent assists independent travel agent

Tourism & Travel

FlightSiteAgent assists independent travel agent

6 Oct 2015

Life events that require financial planning

Finance

Life events that require financial planning

1 Sep 2015

Twitter CEO Costolo out as growth pressure mounts

Digital

Twitter CEO Costolo out as growth pressure mounts

15 Jun 2015

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

Zimbabwe: NewsDay editor steps down

Newspapers

Zimbabwe: NewsDay editor steps down

Tendai Rupapa 25 Mar 2015

Solidarity plans Labour Court action against Telkom

Telecoms & Networks

Solidarity plans Labour Court action against Telkom

Thabiso Mochiko 3 Jul 2014

Media

Load shedding - a media-related chronology

Ed Herbst 14 Mar 2014

Slouching towards Auckland Park

TV

Slouching towards Auckland Park

Ed Herbst 10 Feb 2014

Former ANN7 editor allegedly fears for his life

TV

Former ANN7 editor allegedly fears for his life

Rod Baker 2 Sep 2013

Labour Law

You can't have your cake and eat it: Coca-Cola vs Ndlovu & Others

Bongani Mgaga 13 Jun 2013

When a retrenchment is unfair, what happens to the severance already paid?

Labour Law

When a retrenchment is unfair, what happens to the severance already paid?

Aadil Patel and Kirsten Caddy 12 Jun 2013

50% of SA blue-chips lack succession plans - Goodman-Bhyat

HR Management

50% of SA blue-chips lack succession plans - Goodman-Bhyat

22 May 2013

Administration

Mannya not moving

Zandile Mbabela 9 Feb 2012

Sport

Arthur quits Proteas

Marcello-Calvin Adams 26 Jan 2010

Jobs in peril at Clover - Solidarity

Supply Chain

Jobs in peril at Clover - Solidarity

12 Mar 2009