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Justifiable Reasons

Some of the reasons which will be deemed justifiable reasons are, if the employee:
a)*Is replacing another employee who is temporarily absent from work;
b)*Is engaged on account of a temporary increase in the volume of work which is not expected to endure beyond twelve months;

c)*Is a student or recent graduate who is employed for the purposes of being trained or gaining work experience in order to enter a job or profession; ...

Watching Janice Honeyman and the rest of the team behind the newest production of Sister Act rehearse behind the scenes prior to the commencement of the show is something that I will never forget.

I’m used to seeing the shows – having the golden thread tweaked by the stars of the shows. So are, I would imagine, most of the arts supporting public. But after watching the Sister Act rehearsals, I realised how little I actually knew.

SA 7I’ve ...

From a contract law perspective

In part two of dealing with settlement agreements we set out some basic elements of contract law that remain relevant in labor contracts and specifically settlement agreements.

1. The party relying on the agreement bears the onus to show the Court that:-
i) an agreement is in existence,
ii) it was made voluntary,
iii) and that it was made with full knowledge of its terms and implications.

GOLIN t/a ...

Nearly four years ago I posted an article called The Big 5 Business Limiters. That particular post got dumped in the site restructure that came with last week's upgrade. I'm reposting it here as it appeared before plus a footnote, mainly because I'll probably be referring to this in my next blog post.

The Big 5 Business Limiters (as originally posted).

I've been a business owner now for about 23 years, and have experienced much of the joy and pain that seems to go with ...

In most markets, being unique and separating your business from your competitors is extremely important in order to be able to succeed. In the web design niche, this is especially pertinent.

The Internet has seen a global shift in the way business is done. Paperwork is now considered-old fashioned and people are using technology for almost everything. The result is that every man and his dog is trying to take advantage by entering the web development market, creating one of the ...

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The word, not to mention the diagnosis, instills fear into the hearts of most, and panic into all friends and family affected by it.

I am a Breastcancer survivor.
In 2010 I was diagnosed with Stage IV Breastcancer - and given the very poor prognosis of a 30% chance of survival / 6 months to live.

I had no medical aid, and due to a string of catastrophes I did not have the financial back-up to pay outright for treatment (At that stage costs would be around R26 ...