Author: Abraham Ash

01 Aug

Posted at 10:00h in Employment Law, Featured, HR Strategy, People Management, Performance Management, Staffing & Recruitment by

Employers can become frustrated from time to time. However, they should be careful when making decisions and communicating them to employees. Statements made about an employee privately between senior management can be inadvertently brought to light in litigation if, for example, an employee brings an...

26 Jun

Posted at 09:30h in Employment Law, Featured, HR Strategy, People Management by

Many employers try and prevent former employees from joining competitors by including non-competition and non-solicitation terms in their contract of employment.  From experience, employees sometimes believe that these restraints are anti-competitive and therefore unlawful.  However, this is not the case, and the facts and circumstances...

28 May

Posted at 11:08h in Employee Wellness, Employment Law, Featured, HR Strategy, Managing, Occupational Health & Safety, Organisational Change, People Management, Performance Management, Workplace Culture by

By Abraham Ash, Partner and Heloise Ormandy, Lawyer, Clayton Utz Disciplining and terminating employees for inappropriate use of social media is unfortunately a "hot topic" for businesses. The divide between "work life" and "private life" has become increasingly blurred, in large part due to the...