Employment Law

We advise both domestic and international companies on contentious and non-contentious employment law and employee benefits matters. We advise on all of employment law, including:

• Advising on all aspects of collective labour law, including dealing with trade unions, organizational rights issues, and industrial action/strikes and lock-outs.
• Advising on employee benefits (including medical aid and retirement funds)
• Drafting and advising on executive and other employment agreements as well as workplace policies and procedures
• Advising on large scale and small scale restructuring exercises (retrenchments)
• Senior executive terminations
• Dealing with misconduct and poor performance issues in the workplace
• Advising on regulatory compliance, dismissal, unfair labour practice and discrimination disputes and litigation
• Advising on employment aspects of transactions and cross-border M&A