2025 Annual Labour Law and Practice Update Webinar

Overview of the webinar

2025 has brought nearly 50 changes to the LRA and BCEA – many of them game changers. From new benefits that save time and money, to rules that protect you from hiring the wrong people, this update is essential.

Key cases from the Constitutional and Labour Courts downwards are identified, and the practical points that are relevant and essential knowledge for every HR/IR and payroll practitioner have been extracted.

The new Code of Practice on Dismissal is live, rewriting the way dismissals are handled – simpler, clearer, and easier to apply.  Add to that:

• Special breaks for small employers
• Smarter use of probation
• Clear rules on poor performance post-probation
• Landmark cases every HR/IR professional must know

Andrew Levy cuts through the complexity with practical insights and no-nonsense solutions you can apply immediately to reduce risk and sharpen your labour management edge.

Key Topics:

• Why unfair dismissal cases on probation can’t go to the CCMA
• How to draft bulletproof probation clauses
• The new simplified dismissal procedure
• Illegal Immigrants– the latest developments
• The five most important labour cases of 2025
• Employers’ new burden with medical certificates 

Look at the questions that Andrew will answer beneath, and see why this is a session not to be missed:

• Why these amendments to the LRA now?
• How do I use probation to maximum advantage
• What are the new tests for procedural fairness?
• How to tell what a “small business” is, and what are the special considerations for them
• Fixed term contracts for those past retirement age
• When can you safely say continued employment has become “intolerable”?
• How to safely manage the depressed employee?
• New developments for workers on call and standby workers
• When can an employer be liable for racism in the workplace?
• Important target figures for employment equity – what does this mean in practice?
• New guidelines when you don’t have to pay severance pay in retrenchments
• What are the dangers of delaying a disciplinary hearing
• Medical certificates – a new light shines
• Clarified test for constructive dismissal -don’t be afraid!
• Can I correct or change errors in an employment contract, or introduce new terms?

About Andrew Levy

Andrew Levy is one of South Africa's best known labour resources and is the presenter of the Annual Labour Law and Practice Update Webinar.

He has been in the labour field for over forty years, has written four books on labour law and practice. Andrew with Masters degrees in both labour economics and labour law has consulted to a wide range of large, small, local and international organizations on the management of industrial relations. He is a well-known commentator on South African labour matters in local and international radio, television and the press. His firm, Andrew Levy Employment, is based in Johannesburg, and provides consultancy, training and research.