A medical certificate produced by an employee to justify a period of absence constitutes hearsay evidence, which employers are entitled to challenge. That challenge shifts the onus to employees to prove indisposition.
While observing International Day of Decent Work on Friday, Cosatu s Motlatsi Tsubane said many workers in the province are mistreated in the workplace.
A flurry of litigation has erupted over a dispute between the headmaster of a top Pietermaritzburg school and its governing body amid allegations that he is a “sex pest” and a “bully”.
Parents and civil rights groups are challenging South Africa's maternity leave law because it discriminates between parents who’ve given birth and those who have not, such as fathers and adoptive parents.