Worldwide: Employment and HR

A South African court examined whether an employer could recover over R2.5 million in salary payments from a former employee's pension fund, alleging he failed to work for nearly three years. The case tested the limits of statutory protections for retirement benefits and the evidentiary burden employers must meet when seeking to access pension funds under section 37D of the Pension Funds Act.

Major corruption schemes are rarely uncovered through a single piece of evidence, but rather through the accumulation of small, interconnected facts that reveal larger networks of misconduct. This article examines the strategic challenge organisations face when deciding whether to take immediate disciplinary action against an implicated employee or continue monitoring to expose the full extent of a corruption network. It explores how relationship mapping and coordinated investigation approaches can help org

South Africa's Department of Employment and Labour has briefed Parliament on regulatory gaps in the digital platform economy, signaling potential sector-specific interventions that may emerge before broader labour law reforms take effect in 2028. The briefing addresses worker classification, algorithmic management, and social protections for platform workers in e-hailing, delivery, and courier services.