LLW2601 - Individual Labour Law

Purpose: Introduction to individual labour law; the contract of employment, including minimum standards legislation; background to the law of unfair dismissal; the meaning of 'employee'; the meaning of 'dismissal'; automatically unfair dismissals; other unfair dismissals, dismissal for misconduct, dismissal for incapacity, dismissal for operational requirements; residual unfair labour practices (other than dismissal); discrimination in the workplace (including employment equity legislation); resolution of disputes and remedies; the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 1997.