New Leave Entitlements For Employees Until recently, fathers and adoptive parents were largely prejudiced by labour laws which did not provide them with any rights of leave on the birth or adoption of their child. The same is true for those who entered into surrogacy...

Family Law Matters Strife in a family is always stressful and emotional. At Fourie Stott, our intention is to provide quality service to clients, aimed at resolving family law matters as amicably and cost-effectively as possible in the circumstances. Our family law...

Solidify your relationships in 2020 Not only is 2020 the beginning of a new year but also the beginning of a new decade. This is a wonderful opportunity to spring clean your personal and business relationships to ensure that you are standing on solid ground. For...

Get your HR ducks in a row A new year always provides an opportunity to “get your HR ducks in a row”, so that problems during the year are minimised. Fourie Stott’s labour department offers an all-inclusive service to assist employers to ensure that they are protected...

Mutatis mutandis: things being changed that have to be changed Mutatis mutandis is a Latin maxim most often used when importing the terms of one document into another. The literal translation is “things being changed that have to be changed”. For example, if the...

Disciplinary Hearings within the workplace - What All Employers and Employees Should Know It is important for employers to know that employees cannot be dismissed without following proper procedures. Disciplinary hearings is to ascertain if the employee is guilty of...

Employment Contract – What all Employers and Employees should know. If you are an employee (as defined in the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 1997 – “the Act”), you must insist on having a written employment contract setting out all the details of your employment....

What does set-off mean? Set-off allows for the termination of mutual obligations between parties without an exchange of performance. This is a well-established principle of South African common law dating back to Roman Law. However, the National Credit Act, 2005 and...

Can your ex inherit in terms of your will? If you had your will drawn up while you were married, in all likelihood you made your spouse a beneficiary of your estate. If you subsequently divorced your spouse, your ex will still be a beneficiary unless: Your will makes...

When do Directors need to get a Shareholders' Resolution? Under the Companies Act 71 of 2008 (“the Act”) directors have substantial powers regarding the management and control of a company on a day-to-day basis. This is useful to allow the directors to get on with the...