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The Critical Intersection Of Mental Health And Employment Law In South Africa (Podcast)

Welcome to this special episode of the Fasken Perspectives podcast, hosted by Labour, Employment & Human Rights partners Daphney Willem and Owethu Mbambo from our Johannesburg office.

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Fasken

The Critical Intersection Of Mental Health And Employment Law In South Africa (Podcast)

Welcome to this special episode of the Fasken Perspectives podcast, hosted by Labour, Employment & Human Rights partners Daphney Willem and Owethu Mbambo from our Johannesburg office.

South Africa Employment

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Fasken South Africa

The Landmark Parental Leave Judgment: Cementing All Classes Of Parents As Equal Participants In Their Children's Lives

On 3 October 2025, the Constitutional Court handed down a unanimous ruling in Van Wyk v Minister of Employment and Labour and Others, confirming that South Africa's statutory four months and 10 days of parental leave may be shared between both parents.

South Africa Employment

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Webber Wentzel

Licensing A Pension Fund Administrator (PFA) In Nigeria: Step-By-Step Guide

Nigeria's pension industry has evolved into one of the country's most heavily regulated and financially significant sectors.

Nigeria Employment

Adeola Oyinlade & Co

Contract Of Employment In Nigeria: Termination And Available Remedies

Nigeria Employment

Adeola Oyinlade & Co

Artificial Intelligence In Hiring: Lessons From Mobley v. Workday For Nigerian Data Protection Compliance

Nigeria Employment

BC

Babalakin & Co.

Trade Unionism In Nigeria: The Dangote Refinery And Pengassan Dispute In Perspective

Nigeria Employment

SA

S.P.A. Ajibade & Co.

Jurisdiction Drawn At The Line: Tribunal Confirms Limits Of The Pension Funds Authority

South Africa Employment

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Adams & Adams

Can A Statutory Employment Be Terminated For A Reason Not Stated In The Termination Letter? A Review Of The Decision In Mr Obidah Ibrahim Dakat V. FRSC & 2 Ors (Unreported, Suit No. NICN/JOS/38/2023, Judgment Delivered By The National Industrial Court On 20 August 2025)

Nigeria Employment

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Abdu-Salam Abbas & Co

South Africa's Parental Leave Reform In Progress - All Parents - Biological, Adoptive, And Commissioning Are Now Entitled To Parental Leave

South Africa Employment

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Fasken

Breaking The Mould: Constitutional Court's Landmark Parental Leave Ruling

South Africa Employment

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ENS

Unsettled Verdicts: Supreme Court's Shift On Employment Rights In Nigeria Sparks Confusion In Labour Law Circles

Nigeria Employment

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PUNUKA Attorneys & Solicitors

Limitation Of Actions: Reconciling The Decisions In N.R.M.A.F.C. v. Johnson And Idachaba v. University Of Agriculture, Makurdi, On The Applicability Of The Public Officers Protection Act To Employment Contracts In Nigeria

Nigeria Employment

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S.P.A. Ajibade & Co.

Parental Leave Rewritten By The Constitutional Court: What Employers Must Do Now

South Africa Employment

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Fairbridges Wertheim Becker

Emerging Issues On The Admissibility Of Electronic Evidence In Nigeria: An Examination Of Notable Judicial Authorities

Nigeria Litigation

Compos Mentis Legal Practitioners

Artificial Intelligence In Hiring: Lessons From Mobley v. Workday For Nigerian Data Protection Compliance

Nigeria Employment

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Babalakin & Co.

Resolving Erroneous Electronic Transfers Without Court Orders: Examining The Central Bank Of Nigeria Regulation On Instant (Inter-Bank) Electronic Funds Transfer Services

Nigeria Finance

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G ELIAS

Nigeria's Insurance Industry Reform Act, 2025: A Deep Dive Into Reform And Its Challenges

Nigeria Insurance

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Advocaat Law Practice

New Trade Mark Recordation Rules For Imports Into Mainland Tanzania

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ENS

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Unfair/ Wrongful Dismissal

Unsettled Verdicts: Supreme Court's Shift On Employment Rights In Nigeria Sparks Confusion In Labour Law Circles

A recent decision of the Supreme Court of Nigeria has quietly shaken the foundations of Nigerian employment law. In Skye Bank Plc v. Adedokun Adegun ("Adegun")...

Nigeria Employment

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PUNUKA Attorneys & Solicitors

Ugandan Employment Law: Damages For Wrongful Dismissal, And Why Uganda Needs A Clearer Path

Ugandan employers once needed only a calculator and the employment contract to estimate their liability for wrongful dismissal: pay in lieu of notice, any accrued benefits, and little more.

Uganda Employment

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ENS

Modernising Workplace Discipline: A Short Guide To The 2025 Dismissal Code

The updated Code of Good Practice on Dismissal, issued under the Labour Relations Act, 1996, was published in Government Gazette No. 53294 and came into effect on 4 September 2025.

South Africa Employment

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Fasken

Coldplay, Kiss Cams And Corporate Consequences – Lessons For South African Employers

South Africa Employment

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ENS

Fifty Cents, Zero Trust: How A Trivial Shortfall Cost A Teller Her Job

South Africa Employment

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Fairbridges Wertheim Becker

Client Alert: How One Missed Step Sank A Whistle-Blower Dispute

South Africa Employment

FW

Fairbridges Wertheim Becker

When Cost-Cutting Costs You: Lessons From A Botched Section 189 Process

South Africa Employment

BI

Barnard Inc.

Redefining Employer Liabilities: From Nominal To Substantial Compensation For Wrongful Determination Of Private Employment – Insights From Skye Bank Plc v. Adegun (2024) Lpelr-62219(SC)

Nigeria Employment

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SimmonsCooper Partners

Прекращение Трудовых Отношений В Узбекистане

Uzbekistan Employment

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GRATA International

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Employee Benefits & Compensation

The Landmark Parental Leave Judgment: Cementing All Classes Of Parents As Equal Participants In Their Children's Lives

On 3 October 2025, the Constitutional Court handed down a unanimous ruling in Van Wyk v Minister of Employment and Labour and Others, confirming that South Africa's statutory four months and 10 days of parental leave may be shared between both parents.

South Africa Employment

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Webber Wentzel

Licensing A Pension Fund Administrator (PFA) In Nigeria: Step-By-Step Guide

Nigeria's pension industry has evolved into one of the country's most heavily regulated and financially significant sectors.

Nigeria Employment

Adeola Oyinlade & Co

South Africa's Parental Leave Reform In Progress - All Parents - Biological, Adoptive, And Commissioning Are Now Entitled To Parental Leave

The Constitutional Court has ushered in a shift in the legal landscape of parental leave in South Africa.

South Africa Employment

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Fasken

Beyond Retirement: Integrating Pension Funds Into Your Estate Plan In Nigeria

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SimmonsCooper Partners

Unsettled Verdicts: Supreme Court's Shift On Employment Rights In Nigeria Sparks Confusion In Labour Law Circles

Nigeria Employment

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PUNUKA Attorneys & Solicitors

Limitation Of Actions: Reconciling The Decisions In N.R.M.A.F.C. v. Johnson And Idachaba v. University Of Agriculture, Makurdi, On The Applicability Of The Public Officers Protection Act To Employment Contracts In Nigeria

Nigeria Employment

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S.P.A. Ajibade & Co.

Parental Leave Rewritten By The Constitutional Court: What Employers Must Do Now

South Africa Employment

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Fairbridges Wertheim Becker

New Employer Obligations Relating To Persons With Disabilities

Kenya Employment

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Anjarwalla & Khanna

World Of Work Series (Podcast)

South Africa Employment

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Fasken South Africa

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Discrimination, Disability & Sexual Harassment

The Critical Intersection Of Mental Health And Employment Law In South Africa (Podcast)

Welcome to this special episode of the Fasken Perspectives podcast, hosted by Labour, Employment & Human Rights partners Daphney Willem and Owethu Mbambo from our Johannesburg office.

South Africa Employment

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Fasken South Africa

Artificial Intelligence In Hiring: Lessons From Mobley v. Workday For Nigerian Data Protection Compliance

In February 2023, a disabled 40 year old African American job applicant named Derek Mobley, filed a discrimination lawsuit against Human Resources (HR) software vendor Workday, Inc. in the Northern District of California.

Nigeria Employment

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Babalakin & Co.

Jurisdiction Drawn At The Line: Tribunal Confirms Limits Of The Pension Funds Authority

A recent decision of the Financial Services Tribunal underscores a crucial distinction in pension law — the jurisdictional boundary between approved and unapproved benefits.

South Africa Employment

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Adams & Adams

Breaking The Mould: Constitutional Court's Landmark Parental Leave Ruling

South Africa Employment

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ENS

New Employer Obligations Relating To Persons With Disabilities

Kenya Employment

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Anjarwalla & Khanna

Sexual Harassment: Why Employers Should Follow Chief Justice Maya's Lead And Create Robust Policies

South Africa Employment

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Fairbridges Wertheim Becker

Bank Corporate Client Acquisitions: Employment Law Considerations

Nigeria Employment

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Balogun Harold

Stuck On The Tarmac? The Legal Limits Of The CCMA's Powers And The Right To Appeal

South Africa Employment

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ENS

Coldplay, Kiss Cams And Corporate Consequences – Lessons For South African Employers

South Africa Employment

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ENS

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Employment Litigation/ Tribunals

Employer Immunity Is Not Absolute: What This Means For Employment Practices Policies

A recent judgment from the Mpumalanga Division of the High Court provides a critical interpretation of Section 35(1) of the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act (COIDA).

South Africa Litigation

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Adams & Adams

Ugandan Employment Law: Damages For Wrongful Dismissal, And Why Uganda Needs A Clearer Path

Ugandan employers once needed only a calculator and the employment contract to estimate their liability for wrongful dismissal: pay in lieu of notice, any accrued benefits, and little more.

Uganda Employment

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ENS

When Cost-Cutting Costs You: Lessons From A Botched Section 189 Process

Barnard's labour experts recently stepped in after a midsized landlord tried to trim expenses by releasing ten employees.

South Africa Employment

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Barnard Inc.

Computation Of Time In Employment Related Matters: Play Safe!

Mauritius Employment

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Appleby

Extension Of Probation Period – Analysis Of Ann Chiamaka Nwanguma v. Artee Industries Ltd's Case

Nigeria Employment

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Olajide Oyewole LLP

A New Digital Era: Labour Court & Labour Appeal Court Embrace Court Online

South Africa Employment

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Fairbridges Wertheim Becker

Enforcing Restraint Of Trade Rights After Dismissal

South Africa Employment

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Fairbridges Wertheim Becker

Betrayal Of The Badge: SAPS Officer Dismissed For Shoplifting

South Africa Employment

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ENS

DISPUTE PSYCHOLOGY: How Do We Think And Respond To Workplace Problems And Disputes?

South Africa Employment

Deale Attorneys

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The Critical Intersection Of Mental Health And Employment Law In South Africa (Podcast)

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Fasken South Africa

Discussion: Outside Workplace Conduct (Video)

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Finance Act 2023 Briefings - Part 1 – Employment Matters (Video)

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Orison Legal

ENSign Podcast | Navigating Redundancy In Ghana

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ENS

Life At Axis – Employees Testimonial (Video)

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AXIS Fiduciary Ltd

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