Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 1.1 WHAT IS LABOUR LAW? -- 1.2 WHO IS AN EMPLOYEE? -- 1.2.1 At Common Law -- 1.2.2 Tests Applied in Identifying Employees -- 1.2.3 Statutory Provisions -- 1.3 WHO IS AN EMPLOYER? -- 1.3.1 At Common Law -- 1.3.2 Statutory Defi nition -- 1.4 INTERPRETATION OF THE LABOUR ACT 2007 -- 1.5 APPLICATION OF THE LABOUR ACT 2007 -- 2. THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP -- 2.1 CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT -- 2.2 ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT -- 2.2.1 Agreement -- 2.2.2 The Parties -- 2.2.3 Duties of an Employee -- 2.2.4 Duration -- 2.2.5 Remuneration -- 2.2.6 The Employer's General Right of Control and Supervision -- 3. DUTIES OF EMPLOYEES -- 3.1 INTRODUCTION -- 3.2 PERSONAL SERVICE -- 3.3 NOT TO BE ABSENT FROM WORK -- 3.4 PUNCTUALITY -- 3.5 OBEDIENCE TO REASONABLE AND LAWFUL INSTRUCTIONS -- 3.6 FURTHERING THE INTERESTS OF THE EMPLOYER -- 3.6.1 Devotion of the Employee's Energy and Skill -- 3.6.2 Using Information Gained in the Course of Employment -- 3.6.3 Employees' Inventions -- 3.6.4 Fiduciary Duties -- 3.7 COMPETENCE AND EFFICIENCY -- 3.8 ADAPTABILITY -- 3.9 NOT TO BE GUILTY OF MISCONDUCT OR IMPROPER BEHAVIOUR -- 3.9.1 Introduction -- 3.9.2 Dishonest Act -- 3.9.3 Negligence -- 3.9.4 Drunkenness and Use of Unprescribed Drugs and Substances -- 3.9.5 Indolence -- 3.9.6 Insolence -- 3.9.7 Fighting and Similar Forms of Misconduct -- 3.9.8 Fraud -- 3.9.9 Damage to Property -- 3.9.10 Unauthorized Use of Employer's Motor Vehicle -- 3.9.11 The Rule in Hollington's Case -- 3.10 DUTIES OF EMPLOYEE AFTER SEPARATION -- 3.10.1 Restraint of Trade -- 3.10.2 Using Trade Information after Separation -- 4. DUTIES OF EMPLOYERS -- 4.1 INTRODUCTION -- 4.2 PROVISION OF WORK -- 4.3 PAYMENT OF REMUNERATION -- 4.3.1 Payment of Remuneration during Illness.

4.3.2 Form and Method of Payment -- 4.3.3 Prohibited Deductions -- 4.3.4 Permitted Deductions -- 4.4 PROVISION OF MEDICAL SERVICES -- 4.5 PROVISION OF CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE -- 4.6 KEEPING OF PRESCRIBED RECORDS -- 4.7 OBSERVATION OF PRESCRIBED HOURS OF WORK -- 4.7.1 Ordinary Hours of Work -- 4.7.2 Overtime -- 4.7.3 Meal Intervals -- 4.7.4 Daily Spread-Over and Weekly Rest Period -- 4.7.5 Night Work -- 4.7.6 Work on Sundays -- 4.7.7 Work on Public Holidays -- 4.8 GRANTING OF PAID LEAVE OF ABSENCE -- 4.8.1 Annual Leave -- 4.8.2 Sick Leave and Compassionate Leave -- 4.8.3 Maternity Leave -- 4.9 PROVISION OF ACCOMMODATION -- 5. DUTIES COMMON TO EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYERS -- 5.1 DISCRIMINATION -- 5.2 DUTY TO BARGAIN IN GOOD FAITH -- 5.3 HEALTH AND SAFETY AT THE WORKPLACE -- 5.4 INDEMNITY -- 5.5 SEXUAL HARASSMENT -- 6. REMEDIES OF EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYERS -- 6.1 INTRODUCTION -- 6.2 REMEDIES OF EMPLOYEES -- 6.2.1 Termination of Contract by or without Notice -- 6.2.2 Claim for Wages -- 6.2.3 Damages -- 6.2.4 Application for Reinstatement -- 6.2.5 Interdict -- 6.2.6 Strike -- 6.3 REMEDIES OF THE EMPLOYER -- 6.3.1 Dismissal -- 6.3.2 Non-Payment of Wages -- 6.3.3 Damages -- 6.3.4 Specifi c Performance -- 6.3.5 Interdict -- 6.3.6 Lockout -- 6.3.7 Secret Profi ts and Commissions -- 7. TERMINATION OF THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP -- 7.1 INTRODUCTION -- 7.2 TERMINATION NOT BASED ON NOTICE -- 7.2.1 Expiration of Contract -- 7.2.2 Performance of Contract -- 7.2.3 As a Result of Supervening Impossibility -- 7.2.4 As a Result of Employee's Sickness or Incapacity -- 7.2.5 By Death and Other Causes -- 7.2.6 By Sequestration -- 7.2.7 By Repudiation -- 7.3 TERMINATION BY NOTICE OR WITHOUT NOTICE -- 7.3.1 Termination by Notice -- 7.3.2 Termination without Notice -- 7.4 SEVERANCE PAY -- 8. UNFAIR DISMISSAL AND DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS -- 8.1 UNFAIR DISMISSAL.

8.1.1 What is Unfair Dismissal? -- 8.1.2 Substantive Fairness -- 8.1.3 Procedural Fairness -- 8.1.4 Substantive and Procedural Requirements Peremptory -- 8.2. INEVITABLY UNFAIR DISMISSAL: CERTAIN GROUNDS -- 8.3 REDUNDANCY OR COLLECTIVE TERMINATION -- 8.4 UNFAIR DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS OTHER THAN DISMISSAL -- 8.4.1 Introduction -- 8.4.2 Warning -- 8.4.3 Suspension -- 8.4.4 Demotion -- 9. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES -- 9.1 WHAT IS AN INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE? -- 9.2 THE TWO TYPES OF INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE -- 10. CONCILIATION, MEDIATION AND ARBITRATION -- 10.1 CONCILIATION AND MEDIATION -- 10.1.1 Introduction -- 10.1.2 Statutory Provisions -- 10.2 ARBITRATION -- 10.2.1 Introduction -- 10.2.2 Statutory Provisions -- 11. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES AND THE LABOUR COURT -- 11.1 INTRODUCTION -- 11.2 ESTABLISHMENT AND COMPOSITION OF THE LABOUR COURT -- 11.3 EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE LABOUR COURT -- 11.3.1 Appeal and Review Powers of the Labour Court -- 11.3.2 Setting Aside of Arbitral Awards -- 11.3.3 Declaratory Orders -- 11.3.4 Urgent Relief -- 11.3.5 Exclusive Jurisdiction in Respect of Other Matters -- 11.4. THE LABOUR COURT'S POWER TO ORDER COSTS -- 11.5 THE LABOUR COURT'S POWER OF REFERRAL -- 11.6 RULES BOARD -- 11.7 GENERAL POWERS OF THE LABOUR COURT -- 12. AGREEMENT TO SETTLE INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES -- 13. DISPUTES OF INTEREST AND INDUSTRIAL ACTION -- 13.1 INTRODUCTION -- 13.2 STRIKE -- 13.2.1 What is a Strike? -- 13.2.2 The Right to Strike -- 13.2.3 Protection of Strikers -- 13.2.4 Circumstances under which Strikes are Prohibited -- 13.2.5 Designation of Essential Services -- 13.3 PICKET -- 13.4 LOCKOUT -- 14. TRADE UNIONS AND EMPLOYERS' ORGANIZATIONS -- 14.1 INTRODUCTION -- 14.2 WHAT IS A TRADE UNION? -- 14.3 THE RIGHT TO FORM OR JOIN A TRADE UNION -- 14.4 UNIONIZABLE EMPLOYEES -- 14.5 REGISTRATION -- 14.6 ELEMENTS OF THE CONSTITUTION OF A TRADE UNION.

14.6.1 Name of the Trade Union -- 14.6.2 Objects of the Trade Union -- 14.6.3 Industry or Industries in its Scope -- 14.6.4 Qualifi cation for Admission to Membership -- 14.6.5 Membership Fees -- 14.6.6 Termination of Membership -- 14.6.7 Offi ce-Bearers and Offi cials -- 14.6.8 Workplace Representatives -- 14.6.9 Meetings -- 14.6.10 Financial Provisions and Acquisition and Control of Property -- 14.6.11 Affi liation and Amalgamation -- 14.6.12 Amendment of Constitution -- 14.6.13 Winding up of a Trade Union -- 14.7 CONSEQUENCES OF REGISTRATION AND RIGHTS OF REGISTERED TRADE UNIONS -- 14.8 CONSEQUENCES OF REGISTRATION AND INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP RIGHTS -- 14.9 CANCELLATION OF REGISTRATION OF TRADE UNION -- 14.9.1 Cancellation in Terms of Section 61 of the Labour Act -- 14.9.2 Cancellation in Terms of Section 62 of the Labour Act -- 15. COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND AGREEMENTS -- 15.1 INTRODUCTION -- 15.2 EXCLUSIVE BARGAINING AGENTS -- 15.3 DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION -- 15.4 DUTY TO BARGAIN IN GOOD FAITH -- 15.5 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT -- 15.6 DISPUTES REGARDING COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT -- 16. TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS OF THE LABOUR ACT 2007 -- APPENDIX I. TABLE OF STATUTES -- APPENDIX II. TABLE OF CASES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- Back cover.