The blog is co-authored by Saajidah Simjee, a candidate attorney.
Facial recognition technology is becoming increasingly common in South African workplaces for maintaining attendance and security, but is it legally permissible?
The Kenyan courts have recently found an employer’s use of facial recognition to be unconstitutional and unlawful in the judgment of Kenya Union of
“Inherent requirements of the job” and “reasonable accommodation” are important concepts when considering the distinction between disability and incapacity in the workplace. In this reported judgment of the Labour Court (Gugwini v National Consumer Commissioner (2023) 44 ILJ 2237 (LC)) the employee, a senior researcher, was declared legally blind. The National Consumer Commissioner’s
During the height of the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic, the employer, Concrete Lining Products, decided to close down operations from 25 March to 16 April 2020 whilst continuing to pay its employees in full for that period, with the amount paid to be offset against the employees’ annual leave for days not worked.
The applicant
This blog was co-authored by Felix Le Roux, Candidate Attorney
On 8 November 2022, the Labour Court dismissed an urgent application by an employer, a national gym organisation, in which it sought to enforce the terms of a restraint of trade agreement against their former national sales manager who took up employment with their main