Tag: Baker McKenzie
Solicitation lands former employee in hot water
In the recent case of Massmart Holdings Limited v Theron, the Labour Court provided guidance regarding the calculation of damages suffered by an employer as a result of a former employee breaching a non-solicitation undertaking.
Competition regulation in Africa
Roughly half of the African continent already has competition legislation in place, although some of these systems are not yet functional, and there are new systems coming into force all the time.
For example, the head office of the regional competition authority, the East African Competition Commission opened in Tanzania and the first commissioners were appointed, and the Nigerian parliamentary lower house recently passed what will be Nigeria’s first proper antitrust regime.
Offering a Resigning Employee a Raise Risky?
Picture this: one of your valued employees resigns at a time when it will be difficult and expensive to replace her. You offer her...
Complexities involved in assessment of excessive pricing
The South African Competition Commission recently referred a supplier of the main ingredient in bricks used in the construction of affordable housing to the Competition Tribunal for charging excessive prices.
