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Labour Court dismisses challenge to Covid vaccination policy

Case provides clarity on when a company vaccination policy will be lawful

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Law | 15 March 2022

CCMA upholds yet another “anti-vaxxer” dismissal

But commissioners awarded the worker compensation because his employer fired him on WhatsApp and without proper consultation

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Law | 14 March 2022

Staff shut down Uitenhage Provincial Hospital for several hours in protest over closure of TB hospitals

“They must bring us stats that say TB is not killing people anymore” says NEHAWU leader

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Brief | 10 March 2022

Business owners shut down parts of Nelson Mandela Bay

They want small businesses to get a 30% share of all major tenders awarded by the City

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Brief | 8 March 2022

Concourt limits interdicts against strikers

An employer cannot interdict striking workers as a group if some of those on strike commit violence

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Law | 3 March 2022

No work, no pay: Clover workers feeling the pinch as strike enters fourth month

Despite the loss of their earnings, striking workers are determined not to give up their demands

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News | 2 March 2022

Irvin Jim’s birthday party paid for by embattled life insurer

Report finds 3Sixty Life, now in curatorship, used as “treasurer” for NUMSA-owned companies

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News | 1 March 2022

University of Pretoria workers return to their duties on Monday

The week-long strike ended after management agreed to some of APSA’s demands

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Brief | 21 February 2022

University of Pretoria workers demand better pay and benefits

The strike entered its ninth day on Thursday with negotiations between union members and management still ongoing

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Brief | 17 February 2022

Immigrant security guards head to court over unfair dismissal payment

Ultimate Protection and Control has failed to pay R300,000 owed to workers as compensation, says lawyer

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News | 14 February 2022

SAFTU protests for R1,500 Basic Income Grant

Zwelinzima Vavi says that the R350 Covid relief grant doesn’t even buy a daily loaf of bread

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News | 11 February 2022

Striking workers claim they were attacked at Clover plant

One worker in hospital since Monday

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News | 10 February 2022

Security guards and cleaners at Gauteng hospitals demand permanent employment

Union members say they are exploited and lack job security under private companies

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News | 2 February 2022

Anti-vax employees can be suspended, says CCMA in second ruling

Commission finds employee’s defence “baseless and without any support, theological or scientific”

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News | 31 January 2022

Nurses robbed during security guard strike

Cellphones and car keys stolen as guards continue to strike for back pay

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Brief | 27 January 2022

Striking Clover workers march through Sandton and picket at Israeli trade office

Police are investigating the death of a security guard during the strike

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News | 27 January 2022