by admin | Oct 26, 2020 | Mediation & Arbitration
A lady from a countryside village felt that she was the subject of medical negligence. She approached a lawyer in the “big city”. Some six month after the procedure was performed, the medical practitioner was served papers for a claim of R 2 mil for negligence. He was...
by admin | Jul 20, 2020 | Employee Duties, Employers Duties, Health and Safety, Mediation & Arbitration, Work Environment
Wilbrink and Associates was founded in 1990 and registered as a Closed Corporation in 1993. The Company has been working in the industrial / technical sphere. Frans Wilbrink, the managing member, is a graduate from the University of Natal. He completed his post...
by admin | Apr 27, 2020 | Health and Safety, Mediation & Arbitration, Work Environment, Workplace Hazards
The COVID-19 lockdown has brought many new challenges to all businesses across the world, whether small or large. One of them is that many staff members now work from home. This resulted in an increase in the use of technology. The challenges for small businesses are...
by admin | Apr 6, 2020 | Employee Duties, Employers Duties, Mediation & Arbitration, Records, Work Environment
With the publication of the long-awaited Rule 41A by the Rules Board of the Court of Law a new era in handling disputes has drawn upon us. As of the 9th March, all parties in dispute will have to consider Mediation before they can proceed to litigation. Should the...
by admin | Sep 25, 2019 | Mediation & Arbitration
During the early 1900, people were treated as if they were robots. The motto of dispute resolution was “You ain’t got a problem except for the one I tell you, you have”. This has fortunately changed for the better over the past couple of decades, where the individual...
by admin | Aug 12, 2019 | Mediation & Arbitration
Constructive dismissal is probably one of the most misunderstood concepts in South African Labour Law. On the one hand the employee may see any action by the employer that does not directly favour his position, as negative. The employer on the other hand is often...
