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The Labour Court is a South African court that handles labour law cases, that is, disputes arising from the relationship between employer, employee and trade union. The court was established by the Labour Relations Act, 1995 , and has a status similar to that of a division of the High Court .
The Superior Courts Act, 2013 restructured the High Courts into divisions of a single High Court of South Africa, and also provided for the creation of divisions for Limpopo and Mpumalanga, which had previously fallen under the jurisdiction of the Gauteng High Court at Pretoria. The Gauteng Division of the High Court in Johannesburg includes a ...
The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) is an independent tribunal which adjudicates labour disputes in South Africa. It was established in November 1996 in terms of Section 112 of the Labour Relations Act, 1995, which in turn implements the labour rights provided for in section 23 of the Constitution of South Africa.
The Labour Appeal Court's unanimous decision was handed down by Judge Davis on 26 May 2010. [5] The decision was premised on the court's interpretation of section 23(1) of the Constitution, which provides that "everyone has the right to fair labour practices".
In August 2010, Ngcukaitobi was admitted to the Johannesburg Bar as an advocate of the High Court of South Africa. [10] He spent three years as director of the constitutional litigation unit at the Legal Resources Centre, [ 1 ] during which time he worked with George Bizos as counsel for the families of the victims of the Marikana massacre . [ 11 ]
The court held that section 186(1)(b) relates to the first expectation only, but the Labour Court later found, in McInnes v Technikon Natal, [54] that its decision in Dierks had been incorrect. It took the view that the focus should be on the nature of the expectation, and whether or not in the circumstances the expectation was reasonable.
Sindane v Prestige Cleaning Services [1] [2] is an important case in South African law, heard in the Labour Court, Johannesburg, on August 28, 2009. Judge Annali Basson presided. David Sindane, bringing an application in terms of section 191(5)(b)(ii) of the Labour Relations Act, [3] appeared for himself; JH de Villiers Botha appeared for the ...
Johannesburg is a divided municipality: the poor mostly live in the southern suburbs or on the peripheries of the far north, and the middle- and upper class live largely in the suburbs of the central and north. As of 2012, unemployment is near 25% and most young people are out of work. [4]