by Wessels + Van Zyl Inc | Nov 25, 2025 | Employment and Labour Law
“The employer shall ensure, as far as is reasonably practicable, that all persons who may be directly affected by his activities are not thereby exposed to hazards to their health or safety.” (Occupational Health and Safety Act) The season of goodwill, holidays,...
by Wessels + Van Zyl Inc | Oct 28, 2025 | Employment and Labour Law
“Raising kids is part joy and part guerilla warfare.” (Ed Asner, actor with a great sense of humour!) A game-changing judgment from our Constitutional Court sets out new rules for parental leave. The joy of becoming parents, and a father’s leave dilemma The birth of a...
by Wessels + Van Zyl Inc | Oct 28, 2025 | Employment and Labour Law, General Interest, Road Traffic
“Forewarned is forearmed.” (Wise old proverb) Government keeps assuring us that the long-delayed AARTO (Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences) system will finally begin its full national rollout on 1 December 2025. Is this another false start or the...
by Wessels + Van Zyl Inc | Aug 26, 2025 | Employment and Labour Law
“There’s no trust, no faith, no honesty in men.” (William Shakespeare, in Romeo and Juliet) A recent Labour Court decision is a stark reminder to employees that an employment relationship is founded on trust, and that any breach of that trust could justify...
by Wessels + Van Zyl Inc | Jun 25, 2025 | Employment and Labour Law
“When cognitive capacities are the focus, the 70s are the new 50s.” (IMF) Fake news articles suggesting that South Africa was implementing a new standard retirement age policy, supposedly from 30 May this year, recently went viral on social media. Convincingly...
by Wessels + Van Zyl Inc | May 27, 2025 | Employment and Labour Law
“The legal principles, as I understand them, do not confer on me the powers of Father Christmas. I cannot rescue the un-rescuable.” (Quoted in the judgment below) We all want loyal, competent staff who remain motivated to stay with us in the long term, but the reality...
