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Barloworld, the company that sacked an employee, has a zero-tolerance policy on alcohol and drugs, but the labour appeal court decided there is “no rational link” between the maintenance of safety in its workplace and what amounts to a ban on personal cannabis use by all its employees in the privacy of their homes. (e-architect.com)
ARTICLE

Barloworld office worker sacked for after-hours ‘joint’ at home wins two years’ backpay

Other employers should heed the appeal court’s ruling regarding a blanket zero tolerance policy

  • Richard Brown
6 min read
The labour appeal court previously found in favour of the city that physical ability was an inherent requirement of the job and that all firefighters.
ADAM DAMONS

Injured firefighter wants ConCourt leave to appeal ruling favouring City of Cape Town

Adam Damons argues he has faced unfair discrimination, and that the City’s promotions policy did not make provision for discrimination based on disability

  • Eunice Masson
4 min read
BUDGET 2021

Snip, snip: Mboweni eyes wage bill, other future spending cuts

Last year, the finance minister noted that increased government spending has failed to promote growth over the past decade

  • Sarah Smit
4 min read
ASSIGN SERVICES

Labour battle: Labour brokers back in court

Some believed a 2018 Constitutional Court ruling would spell the end of labour broking. It didn’t

  • Sarah Smit
5 min read
Ongoing struggle: Mineworkers commemorate the 2012 Marikana massacre, two years later. At the Farlam commission, witnesses had differing views on what stick-carrying signified. (Paul Botes/M&G)
CCMA

Carrying ‘weapons’ while striking is still a sticking point

An upcoming CCMA case will consider whether workers carrying sticks at a strike is an act of intimidation or a call for unity

  • Sarah Smit
6 min read
‘Absurd’: Judge Anton Steenkamp says the accusations are ‘an insult to my integrity as a judge and a human being’.
DINEO BENDILE

Judge faces labour case probe

A labour court judge is accused of lying by a complainant who claims he ‘ignored’ his submissions

  • Dineo Bendile
6 min read
COMMISSION FOR CONCILIATION MEDIATION AND ARBITRATION

One for the workers…

Earlier this month the Constitutional Court ruled in a case with tremendous consequences for ordinary South Africans and our system of labour relations. The appeal involved the…

  • Staff Reporter
4 min read