March 25
COVID-19 versus the Common Law: States of Disaster won’t jettison an employer’s contractual obligations
March 2022 LABOUR BRIEF NO. 447 In 2020, the Labour Court handed down judgment in the matter of MacSteel vs. NUMSA, which held that a company could apply the no-work-no-pay principle to employees who did not or could not work during periods of ‘hard lockdown’ due to COVID-19. As per Judge Prinsloo:” The reality in…