Faculty of Law: Recent submissions
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The making of Uganda's equal opportunities commission act and its interpretation by the commission
(Cambridge University Press, 2023)Article 32(3) of the Constitution of Uganda (1995) establishes the Equal Opportunities Commission; section 14 of the Equal Opportunities Commission Act provides for the functions of the Commission. These include ensuring ... -
Verso un mercato del lavoro di cura: questioni giuridiche e nodi istituzionali
(ADAPT University Press, 2022)Personal care has traditionally been a responsibility placed, in our country, on the family dimension, penalizing women who have always supported the burden of this work inside and outside the home. An undervalued, ... -
High heels in the workplace – a health hazard or a symbol of femininity? Observations on appearance regulation in Mofokeng v CCMA & Others
(Juta & Company, Ltd, 2022)For over thirty years the ILJ has remained the premier South African labour law reporter. This seminal monthly journal covers judgments and awards handed down by the Labour Court, Labour Appeals Court, the CCMA, Bargaining ... -
South African labour law
(Juta, 2022)Staying abreast of legislative changes is now of crucial importance to employers, trade unionists, government officials and practitioners who have to deal with the completely revolutionized face of labour law in South ... -
Scope of protection: a retrospective and prospective overview of the protected disclosures act 2000
(Centre de droit comparé du travail et de la sécurité sociale, 2023)Following South Africa’s transition to democratic rule, numerous whistle-blowers have raised the alarm regarding corruption and improprieties at work, in both the private and public sectors. To prevent the negative ... -
The employment equity amendment bill B14B – 2020: innovating towards equity or kicking the can down the road?
(Juta & Company, Ltd., 2020)The Employment Equity Amendment Bill introduces significant changes to the regulatory framework for affirmative action by, among other amendments, shifting the responsibility for determining employment equity targets from ... -
Amendements de la loi sur l’équité en matière d’emploi en Afrique du Sud : à côté de la cible !
(Open edition journals, 2023)En mai 2022, le Parlement sud-africain a « donné le feu vert » au Projet d’amendement de la loi sur l’équité en matière d’emploi B14B - 20202. Le Projet d’amendement des dispositions de la loi n°55 de 1998 sur l’équité en ... -
Genuine autonomous work: toward a tailor-made social protection
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2022)This chapter aims at providing a conceptual framework to social protection of genuine autonomous work, with a reference to solopreneurs, analyzing socioeconomic risks and needs they are facing and that may differ from the ... -
Facilitating decent work: the case of domestic workers in Nigeria
(Jute, 2022)A decade after the first international standard regulating domestic work was introduced decent work remains a challenge for domestic workers in Nigeria. Within the framework of ILO’s Convention on Domestic Workers 189 of ... -
Discrimination on an ‘arbitrary ground’ and the right of access to justice
(Jute, 2021)In Naidoo & others v Parliament of the Republic of SA the Labour Appeal Court interpreted ‘arbitrary ground’ in s 6(1) of the Employment Equity Act by rejecting a ‘broad’ interpretation (ie the grammatical meaning of the ... -
Workers, platforms and the state: the struggle over digital labour platform regulation
(Edward Elgar Publishing, 2021)This chapter discusses the arguments made by digital labour platforms - and their supporters - in favour of self-regulation. Against their claims that platform self-regulation is a preferable alternative to state intervention, ... -
'Strategies for decent work and sustainable development in the tobacco sector in Malawi: legal, conceptual, and practical tools for stakeholders' (2023) ILO address project, ILO country office for Malawi
(International Labour Organization, 2023)The International Labour Organization (ILO) is the United Nations agency for the world of work. It sets international labour standards, promotes rights at work and encourages decent employment opportunities, the enhancement ... -
Nigeria’s political, economic, and social dynamics in a pandemic era
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2023)This chapter examines the impact of Nigeria’s containment and mitigation strategies established at the outbreak of the pandemic in the country. The chapter asserts that government intervention reflected a holistic approach ... -
Protecting platform workers: options and challenges
(Jute, 2022)The use of digital platforms as a means of organising work and creating new work opportunities (‘platform work’) is on the increase in developing as well as developed countries. The article starts from three widely-accepted ... -
Fair work in South Africa’s gig economy: A journey of engaged scholarship
(Elsevier, 2023)Because of its relatively well-developed, highly urbanised economy and high penetration of mobile internet access, the platform economy took off quickly in South Africa, with international players vying for market share and ... -
COVID-19 pandemic, a war to win: assessing its impact on the domestic work sector in Nigeria
(Taylor & Francis, 2023)This article examines the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the work conditions of domestic workers in Nigeria. We use four indicators – earnings, access to social protection, working conditions and labour protections ... -
Domestic workers in South Africa: inclusion under the compensation of occupational injuries and diseases act
(The Thinker, 2023)After decades of deliberate exclusion from labour laws and social protection in South Africa, domestic workers have slowly been able to taste the fruits of years of laborious fights for recognition, inclusion, and dignity. ... -
Perfecting a general notarial bond: you can't have your cake and eat it! ABSA bank limited v go on supermarket (Pty) limited (the spar group limited intervening) (9442/2022) [2022] zagpjhc 173 (24 March 2022)
(Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal (PELJ), 2023)A general notarial bond registered over movable property grants the bondholder a real security right enforceable against third parties only if the bond has been perfected by transferring possession of the property to the ... -
Domestic work and platformisation in India and South Africa: A look at enablers and barriers
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)Globally, the domestic work sector is both highly informal and highly feminised. This article will compile learnings from the domestic work sector in two countries of the Global South — India and South Africa — concerning ... -
International regulation of platform labor: A proposal for action
(Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society, 2021)Platform-mediated work is a source of livelihood for millions of workers worldwide. However, because platforms typically classify workers as ‘independent contractors’, those workers are generally excluded from the scope ...