The City of Tshwane was ordered to pay back by Friday wages it deducted from more than 60 workers it accused of taking part in an unprotected strike for several weeks.
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.
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.