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The concept of "maternity leave" has been around in our law for a long time, and the journey towards extending the concept to employees other than mothers has been a long one, marked latterly by much delay and confusion over implementation of new legislation addressing the issue.
Last year in particular employers and employees were left scratching their heads over questions such as: When will fathers and same-sex partners be entitled to parental leave? What about adoptive parents and commissioning parents in a surrogacy agreement? Is there a right to paid leave, or just to unpaid leave? And if unpaid, what if anything can employees claim from the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF)?
Now at long last we have the answers. Read on for the details...
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The last few years have been hard ones for many investors, and if you have lost money on a particularly bad investment or two you may be wondering whether you can recover your losses from your financial advisor.
Let’s investigate the answer to that by discussing three recent court cases – one where an investor successfully sued for R2.5m, and two where investors failed in claims for R11m and R5m respectively.
We’ll also talk about how the FAIS Ombud may be able to help you and we’ll end off with some pertinent advice for financial advisors themselves.
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Traffic accidents, your fault or not, are traumatic affairs. Even minor dings come with their hassles – panel beaters, tow trucks, shock and recriminations, reams of paperwork, having to get a Crash Report Number for the insurers...
That last bit has always been a major added stress factor, requiring a trip to the local police station (unlikely to be a happy experience) and yet more paperwork.
No longer - life just got a little bit easier with the new online reporting service from NaTIS (the National Traffic Information System) on its website here. The submission of the report is legally binding and only applies to "minor damage crashes", not in cases of injury or death. Note the time limit – "All crashes must be reported within 24 hours or the next working day. (Non-Working days Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays)."
Get your lawyer's help urgently if it’s anything but a minor accident!
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