Date: 23 July 2025
Time: 08:30-11:45
Venue: All Office, 9 Browning Road, Observatory, Cape Town
Cost: R325 pp
Join us for a power-packed Breakfast Talk with legal expert WP Moolman, as he unpacks the latest developments in South African employment case law.
This session will explore some of the most recent and impactful judgments shaping the HR and labour law landscape in 2025.
Case Law that will be covered:
- Automatically Unfair Dismissal:
- Age Discrimination: no majority in the highest court when it comes to this legal issue.
- Motor Industry Staff Association and Another v Great South Autobody CC t/a Great South Panelbeaters; Solidarity obo Strydom and Others v State Information Technology Agency SOC Limited
- Reinstated Employee's Duty to Tender Services:
- Reinstatement is not automatic, failure to report for duty can nullify relief awarded.
- South African Municipal Workers Union obo Koopman v City of Cape Town and Others (CA5/2023) [2025] ZALCCT 5 (22 January 2025)
- Application of Prescription Act to disciplinary action:
- Is there a statutory time limit for initiating internal disciplinary action?
- Public Investment Corporation v More [2025] ZALCJHB 159
- Desertion as misconduct:
- Fired for not coming to work but employees were in prison
- Sibanye Rustenburg Platinum Mines v Commission for Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration and Others (JR 2227/21) [2025] ZALCJHB 207 (30 May 2025)
- Employer held vicariously liable for employee conduct:
- Failure to take the necessary steps to address employee’s racist conduct resulting in award of R100 000
- Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited v Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration and Other (J409/2024) [2025] ZALCJHB 176 (5 May 2025)
From complex questions around age discrimination and automatically unfair dismissals, to reinstatement obligations, prescription of disciplinary action, and desertion under extraordinary circumstances, WP will offer insights into how these rulings affect workplace policies and employer responsibilities.
