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Alternative Dispute Resolution clause

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

In a previous article we wrote about how the draft King Report recommended that an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) clause be incorporated in all contracts.  They recommended a clause, which we then converted into plain language.  We were delighted to hear that the King committee accepted our plain language version ...

Will labour broking be banned?

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

In a labour broking scenario, a temporary employment service (labour broker) employs people who then provide services to a client (person for whom the work is being done).  For example, ICT Labour Broker employs Joe Soap (a computer programmer), who then provides ICT goods or services to Acme Bank Limited ...

Rights of employees whose jobs have been outsourced

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008

What are the rights of employees who previously carried out services that have been outsourced?  Is there any right to consultation or compensation, do the rules apply to all employees within the jurisdiction? Where services are outsourced, employees' services are terminated due to ‘operational requirements'. This ...