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Pro Bono Project

Tammy Cohen /Shanta Reddy / Irvin Lawrence / Richard Haslop

2/12/10
KZN

Annual Case Updates seminar: Individual Dismissal / Unfair Labour Practice and Discrimination / Collective Labour Law (Including Strikes) / Practice and Procedure. Download them here.

Michael Yeates / Suemeya Hanif

1/12/10
GTG

Labour Court Practice Guidelines / Feedback on the Rules Workshop at the SASLAW Conference

ALAN RYCROFT, Professor of Law, Institute of Development and Labour Law (UCT)

23/11/10
WC

Asking questions at a job interview: discrimination, privacy and other landmines

Professor Halton Cheadle

18/11/10
KZN

Reasonable Expectations, Indefinite Conclusions: Can Limited Duration Contracts be Fixed?

Nick Smythe (Presenter)

9/10/10
GTG

Workshop Interdicting strikes, University of Pretoria. Photos.

John Brand, Director at Bowman Gilfillan

22/09/10
GTG

Strikes in essential services. Download it here.

Adv Robert Stelzner of the Cape Bar

17/09/10
WC

The Public Service - Strikes and other Raging Issues

Deputy Judge President of the Labour Court, Judge Waglay

30/08/10
EC

THE LABOUR COURT: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE? The Superior Courts Bill and the future of the Labour Court.

Deputy Judge President of the Labour Court, Judge Waglay

30/08/10
EC

THE LABOUR COURT: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE? The Superior Courts Bill and the future of the Labour Court.

Adv Feroze Boda

3/08/10
GTG

Challenging the CCMA's jurisdiction to conciliate disputes and the review of certificates of outcome

Professor Alan Rycroft (UCT), Benita Whitcher

29/07/10
KZN

KZN Corporate Bullying and Corporate Robustness. Download Benita Whitcher's paper here and the handout here.

Tembeka Ngcuitkatobi

26/05/10
GTG

Whistle Blowing

Annual General Meeting of the Western Cape Chapter

25/05/10
WC

Minutes from the 2010 Annual General Meeting of the Western Cape Chapter held on 25 May are available for download here.

Anton Steenkamp, Bowman Gilfillan Attorneys

25/05/10
WC

The trajectory of South African labour law: A perspective on the labour court and key issues

Anton Steenkamp

25/04/10
WC

The trajectory of South African labour law: A perspective on the labour court and key issues

Round Table

22/04/10
KZN

Fair Dealing in Employment Contracts, Implied No More. Download (24kB)

MICHAEL BAGRAIM and HEIN LIEBENBERG

22/04/10
WC

Problems commonly faced by employers wanting to recover money from their employees or former employees.

Barney Jordaan

04/10
EC

Managing sick leave abuse. Download the presentation here (340kB)

Adv Mooki

20/04/10
GTG

Adv Mooki presented at the Bowman Gilfillan Auditorium on Tuesday 20 April 2010.

Adv Hans van der Riet SC

23/03/10
GTG

Seminar by Adv Hans van der Riet SC, and discussion of the future of Labour Brokers in South Africa - Download it here

Tanya Venter, CEO of Tokiso Dispute Settlement

16/02/10
GTG

Guarding the goal on the labour field: what 2010 and the World Cup holds for labour relations - Download it here

Sarah Christie

11/02/10
WC

What arbitrators expect from representatives.
Download the presentation here.

Carl Mischke

11/02/10
KZN

Details to follow.

2009 Seminars

Various including A Deysel, Richard Haslop, Reagan Jacobus

3/12/09
KZN

SASLAW Case Updates Seminar. Click here to download cases and written presentations from this seminar.

James van den Heever,
African Bank

1/12/09
GTG

The True Cost of Restructuring and Redundancy Financial and Emotional

Manfred Weiss and Barney Jordaan

14/10/09
WC

Collective bargaining and social dialogue in the European Union and in Southern Africa
Download the summary here.

Adv Paul Pretorius

6/10/09
GTG

Labour Brokers Aspects of the law, and some comments on the future

Nick Smythe

19/09/09 PTA
GTG

Nick Smythe, past President of SASLAW Gauteng, will be running a Workshop on Basic Review Applications of CCMA Awards

Nick Smythe

17/09/09
KZN

Negotiating in an Economic Downturn

Judge Andre van Niekerk

14/09/09
EC

Labour Court and CCMA issues

Nick Smythe

5/09/09 JHB
GTG

Workshop on Basic Review Applications of CCMA Awards

Chris Todd

25/08/09
GTG

Seminar dealing with some of the complexities of applying section 197 of Labour Relations Act in practice

Judge Andre van Niekerk

23/07/09
KZN

What judges expect from practitioners

Ms Nerine Kahn, CCMA Director and Ms Winnie Everett, CSC Tshwane

7/07/09
GTG

Arbitration Guidelines, that the CCMA intends publishing in terms of section 115(2)(g)

Adv Anton Myburgh

26/05/09
GTG

Sidumo vs Rusplats Last 18 Months

Craig Watt-Pringle

07/04/09
GTG

Petty Theft Judgments

Mr. Richard Haslop

23/03/09
EC

Retrenchment Law

Gary Eisenberg

24/02/09
WC

Strangers Working in a Strange Land: The Law and Practice on Employing Foreign Workers?

Raymond Meneses, Linda Dillon

18/02/09
KZN

Alcohol & Workers Don't Mix

Mr. Graham Damant

17/02/09
GTG

Strikes and Dismissals

Mr Anton Steenkamp

1/12/2008
EC

Flirting with Trouble: Sexual Harassment

Raymond Meneses, Ms Julie Harries and Sean Molony

27/11/08
KZN

Case Law Update

Marleen Potgieter

18/11/2008
WC

Unfair Discrimination and Affirmative Action

Mr. Nicholas Smythe

15/11/08
GTG

Managing Large Scale Retrenchments in terms of Section 189A of the LRA

Judge Nigel Willis - Chaired by Rod Harper

28/10/08
GTG

What Judges expect from Practitioners.

Paul Benjamin

17/09/2008
WC

Is the CCMA delivering the goods?

Mr Craig Bosch

27/08/2008
EC

After Unfairness: How much Compensation?

Ms Wendy Knowler - East Coast Radio

08/08/08
KZN

Consumerism - FIFTH ANNUAL SASLAW LADIES' DAY - KZN

Mr. Andre van Niekerk

29/07/08
GTG

Sodumo: How have the Courts dealt with the Constitutional Court's Judgment?

Jan Theron, Attorney

7/08/2008
WC

TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT SERVICES - PROSPECTS FOR REFORM

Mr Richard Haslop

24/07/08
KZN

Unfair Labour Practices: Remuneration and Benefits

Adv. Anton Myburgh and Shamima Gaibie

24/06/08
GTG

Strikes and Interdicts

Professor Laurel Currie Oates and Professor Mimi Samuel

11/06/08
KZN

Legal Writing Workshop: Writing Persuasively and Effectively

Hermann Nieuwoudt

10/06/08
WC

CASE LAW UPDATE

Dr. Carl Mischke

28/05/08
EC

Misconduct & Incapacity: More of the same, only more so.

Adv. Gardner van Niekerk

15/05/08
KZN

Chapter AGM - Unilateral Changes to Terms & Conditions of Employment

Adv. Colin Kahanovitz

15/05/08
WC

SEX WORKERS & ILLEGAL FOREIGNERS: SHOULD THESE WORKERS HAVE PROTECTION UNDER THE LRA?

2008 Seminars

Adv. Tim Bruinders SC

05/02/08
GTG

Constitutional Court Transnet/Chirwa Judgment

Carl Mischke and Peter le Roux

06/05/08
GTG

Chapter AGM - and - Case Law Update

Adv. Robert La Grange and Ms. Nerine Kahn

02/04/08
GTG

The CCMA's Powers to Dismiss at Conciliation

Prof. PAK le Roux

27/03/08
EC

Review of CCMA and Bargaining Council Practice and Procedure

Professor Barney Jordaan

28/02/08
KZN

Death Knell for High Court Labour Jurisdiction

Advocates Hans vd Riet, N. Jele and K Pillay

28/11/07
GTG

How does the Rustplats Judgment Impact Me?

Martin Brassey and Paul Pretorius

23/10/07
GTG

Rustenburg Platinum Mine Judgment - Discussion

Fixed Term Contracts Sean Molony. Terminations Hilda Grobler. Latex Case Shanta Reddy

18/10/07
KZN

Case Updates Seminar

Paul Kennedy

20/09/07
GTG

Retrenchment

Susan Kreston

24/08/07
KZN

Ladies Breakfast

Chris Albertyn

31/07/07
GTG

International Trends in Labour Law

Brett Purdon and Michael Maeso

25/07/07
KZN

Strike Dismissals

Wessel Badenhorst

28/06/07
GTG

Reviews: The Ups and Downs of playing the Delaying Game

Nerine Kahn

30/05/07
GTG

One year After Assuming Office: Reflections by the Director of the CCMA

Pak le Roux

17/05/07
KZN

The Meaning of Operational Requirements

Professor Laurel Currie Oates and Professor Mimi Samuel of Seattle University School of Law in Seattle, Washington

24/04/07
KZN

Legal Writing Seminar: Writing Persuasively and Effectively

Ajay Makka & Tembeka Ncgukaitobi

17/04/07
GTG

Case Law Update

Michelle Posemann and Sean Molony

15/03/07
KZN

Round Table: Mediation as ADR

Andre Van Niekerk, Marylyn Christianson

27/02/07
GTG

Protected Disclosures in the Workplace

Sean Molony

08/02/07
KZN

Promotions

2007 Seminars

Speakers Date/Chapter Topic

Michelle Naidoo (Deneys Reitz Attorneys), Irvin Lawrence (ENS Attorneys), Jayshree Moodley (Jayshree Moodley & Associates)

3/02/2011
KZN

On 17 December 2010, the Minister of Labour published four Bills, which were emailed to all members on 19 December 2010. The Bills propose wide-ranging, highly significant and, in certain respects, controversial amendments to our labour laws. The purpose of this Round Table Seminar is to allow discussion and debate around each of these Bills

SASLAW's pro bono workshop

28/1/2011
GTG

SASLAW's pro bono workshop at the WITS School of Law (Chalsty Auditorium) from 09h30 to 13h00 on Friday 28 January 2011.

Labour Bills Workshop 2
Imraan Mohammed (Eversheds), Aadil Patel (Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr), Pamela Stein (Webber Wentzel), PAK le Roux (Brink, Cohen, Le Roux)

25/01/2011
GTG

Workshop at which each of the four Bills - recently published by the Minister of Labour will be discussed and debated on

Labour Bills Workshop

19/01/2011
GTG

19 January at Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs 16h00.

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Anton Myburgh

17/11/10
EC

Foschini Group v Maidi. Download it here

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Michael Yeates

16/11/10
GTG

Practice directives

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Nick Smythe (Presenter)

2/10/10
GTG

"Restraint of Trade" Workshop

Darcy du Toit

25/01/2011
WC

The Labour Relations Amendment Bill of 2010

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Bradley Conradie

7/02/2011
WC

Proposed Labour Law Amendments

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Judge Rob Lagrange

1/3/11
EC

Enforcing entitlements to remuneration and benefits in the Labour Court

Advocate Andrew Redding SC

28/01/2011
GTG

Advocate Andrew Redding SC presented on the expanded jurisdiction of the Labour Court under the new bills.

Judge Malcolm Wallis

24/03/2011
KZN

Implied terms in employments contracts: McKenzie and beyond.

Rochelle le Roux, Karin Calitz, Tanya Golden

14/02/2011
WC

Employer liability for harassment in the workplace

John Myburgh SC

18/03/2011
WC

The inaugural Susan Stelzner memorial lecture.

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Murray Alexander

20/04/2011
KZN

Outsourcing: The test to be applied when determining whether there is a transfer as a going concern.

Adv. Tim Bruinders SC

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12/04/2011
GTG

Section 189A

Dr. B. van Zyl

April 2011
EC

Employment Services Bill

Craig Bosch

23 June 2011
EC

SASLAW Eastern Cape AGM, includes a talk by Craig Bosch - "Court(ing) Disasters"

Advocate Tim Bruinders SC

12/04/2011
GTG

Advocate Tim Bruinders SC will be presenting on Section 189A.

Judge Andre van Niekerk

24/05/2011
GTG

SASLAW AGM, followed by Judge van Niekerk's presentation: "Expediting Labour Court processes with a view to achieving the expeditious resolution of disputes".

Anton Myburgh SC

21/06/2011
GTG

"Reviewing the review test: recent judgments on the review of CCMA arbitration awards in terms of section 145 of the LRA"

Murray Alexander

20/04/2011
KZN

Outsourcing: The test to be applied when determining whether there is a transfer as a going concern.

Max du Plessis, University of KZN

26/05/2011
KZN

12th KZN AGM, followed by an address by Maz du Plessis on "The Constitutional Court's confused and confusing position on the Labour/Administrative Law divide".

Pieter le Roux

23/06/2011
KZN

"Team Misconduct".

Anton Myburgh SC

24/05/2011
WC

"Reviewing the review test: recent judgments on the review of CCMA arbitration awards in terms of section 145 of the LRA"

Randall van Voore

14/06/2011
WC

Case Law Roundup

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Paul Kennedy SC

26/07/2011
GTG

"Mind the Gap - limits to worker protection under competition and labour law".

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Michael Maeso, Alexander Rocher and Shanta Reddy

28/07/2011
KZN

Discussion and debate relating to INTERDICTS and COMPENSATION CLAIMS.

Adv. Andre Oosthuizen SC

12/08/2011
WC

"Dealing with collective misconduct concepts and misconceptions"

Sarah Christie

19/08/2011
KZN

Women's day 2011 - Join SASLAW's annual Women's Day breakfast function.

Madelein Burger and Nicholas Robb

6/09/2011
GTG

Gauteng Seminar - "New Companies Act - the impact on employment/labour law"

Stephen Hardie and Reynard Daniels

11/10/2011
GTG

"The new CCMA guidelines on how Commissioners are to conduct misconduct arbitrations". Download the State Gazette General Notice 602 of 2011 here, and the presentation slides here.

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Dr. Carl Mischke

7th Sept. 2011
EC

Writing on walls (and why we shouldn't): Social Networks, your job and the meaning of life. Download invitation here.

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Anton Myburgh S.C.

22/09/2011
KZN

"Reviewing the review test: Recent judgments and developments"

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Prof. Barney Jordaan

6/10/2011
WC

"What is wrong with our law of dismissal and how to fix it"

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Chris Todd

11/10/2011
GTG

"The interplay between a fair dismissal and the lawful termination of an employment contract"

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Lynette Naidoo, Verlie Oosthuizen, Irvin Lawrence, Boitumelo Bokatsu, Dr. Hilda Grobler.

11/10/2011
GTG

Annual Case Law Update: - Individual Dismissal, Unfair Labour Practice, Collective Labour Law, New CCMA guidelines for misconduct arbitrations.