Preventing unethical behavior in business

Preventing unethical behavior in business

By Dr Renate Scherrer, MD at JvR Consulting Psychologists In a country where unethical behaviour and blatant corruption by political and business leaders seem to be the norm, more and more people are asking what causes it and how it can be prevented. To do this, we...
New Labour Bill may please working parents

New Labour Bill may please working parents

By Claire Gaul, Partner; Ganeefah Dawood, Senior Associate; Webber Wentzel The Labour Laws Amendment Bill was passed by the National Assembly in Parliament on 28 November 2017. The Bill seeks to amend the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 75 of 1997 (BCEA) and the...
Impact of unfair dismissal on SA workforce

Impact of unfair dismissal on SA workforce

During this time of economic uncertainty, businesses are leaning heavily on their workforce to ‘ride the storm’ and emerge stronger. This is a highly pressurised situation and not all parties play fair, which is why terms like substantially fair, procedurally unfair...
AI: The apex of tech, policy challenges

AI: The apex of tech, policy challenges

By Aalia Manie, Senior Associate at Webber Wentzel Artificial intelligence (AI) is the apex of today’s technology age as we push the boundaries towards Industry 4.0 and superintelligence. It is already here in disruptive narrow forms, cutting across the economy and...