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Patrick Deale on Radio 702: What the Law Says About KPMG Severance Packages
What does the law say about the KPMG severance packages paid to its top executives? Are they golden handshakes? Labour law expert Patrick Deale joins Ray White on The Midday Report on Radio 702, sharing the labour and employment law perspective on the matter. ...
Labour Law in a Nutshell February 2020
PROMOTION: When would a failure to promote an employee be unfair? The LAC considered such a case in the Department of Rural Development[1]. A manager referred to as “M” had been doing the job in an acting capacity for 4 years. The qualification requirement for the...
Patrick Deale on CapeTalk: Former Eskom CEO Has Turned to the Courts to Fight His Dismissal
The former Eskom CEO, Brian Molefe, fights his dismissal via the Labour Court. Patrick Deale from Deale Attorneys joins the Afternoon Drive with John Maytham on CapeTalk, sharing his expert labour and commercial law perspective on the situation. Interview Source:...
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) South Africa
Alternative Dispute Resolution by Deale Attorneys: The Time and Cost-Effective Solution to Court Litigation Solving business conflict through court litigation has always been a traditionally time-consuming, costly, and stressful endeavour. Fortunately, disputes can...
Labour Law in a Nutshell January 2020
POWER HUNGRY UNIONS: How does the Labour Court deal with unions who ignore the rules of orderly labour relations? We have a problem. The problem is that the rules of engagement are too often simply abandoned when some unions don’t get their way. And anarchy quickly...
Labour Law in a Nutshell November 2019
HOLIDAY RANT: What can an employer do if an employee posts a racist rant while on annual leave? This is what an Edcon employee did while she was on leave in December 2015. She was angry about President Zuma’s decision to replace Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene with...
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