Bowmans helps its clients manage legal complexity and unlock opportunity in Africa.

With over 500 lawyers and offices in five countries, Bowmans’ advice uniquely blends expertise in the law, knowledge of local markets and an understanding of clients’ businesses. The firm has been at the forefront of employment law in Africa for many years. It offers a breadth and depth of knowledge and experience in the fields of industrial relations, employment, employee benefits and pensions law that is hard to match.

Services range from engaging and moving employees to business transfers, outsourcing and restructuring, and extend to investigations and employee risk management, industrial relations and collective bargaining, and dispute resolution.

CTH’s employment law department includes highly skilled and experienced lawyers who practice in every facet of the employment relationship, and who have represented a wide range of employers (from the private and public sector, both local and international) and employees in connection with employment and benefits related litigation, corporate and governmental investigations, internal disciplinary and grievance proceedings.  We are perhaps the only firm that can claim to have both practised labour law and drafted most of the legislation in this sector.  We are therefore able to provide both local and multinational businesses with a coordinated solution to all of their employment needs.  Our lawyers are known for their creative, business-savvy skills, and their results driven highly successful litigation practice.

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Johannesburg: +27 11 403 2765
Cape Town: +27 21 418 2278 

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Our firm was founded in 2009 and has since established itself as a well-known and respected name in the provision of professional legal services, particularly in the areas of employment law, industrial relations and litigation.

Following the merger of Cowan-Harper Attorneys and MNA Incorporated in 2018, Ms Nobanzi Madikizela-Nyati became the chairperson of the firm. The merger allowed us to grow our service offering which now includes public law, corporate governance, risk, commercial, corporate and compliance. We have also recently established commercial, property and conveyancing practices.

Our firm is committed to transformation and has been recognised as a level one B-BBEE contributor since 2018. This is an important milestone in our firm’s history and has allowed us to provide our clients with even greater value, while maintaining the high quality of personal and professional legal services that have always been a hallmark of our firm.

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Johannesburg - 011 048 3000
Cape Town -087 183 2249

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Global Business Solutions (GBS) is a leading Labour Law, Human Resources and Labour Relations consultancy offering a diverse range of services customised to meet the bespoke needs of the client. GBS is unashamedly client centric and uses design thinking principles in crafting solutions. GBS is a business of consequence with a wealth of experience and expertise spanning more than 30 years since its establishment.  View our services here

With a closely integrated national footprint of offices across South Africa and with partners in other global geographies, GBS is well-positioned to respond quickly and effectively to clients’ needs by providing practical and sustainable solutions. Our client base includes the full range of private, public, governmental and para-statal organizations from large blue-chip multinationals to small and medium size enterprises as well as start ups.

Contact Details: 011483 3722

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THE SOUTH AFRICAN LABOUR LAW REPORTS (SALLR) – your career-long learning partner

SOUTH AFRICAN LABOUR LAW REPORTS’

The 39TH SALLR ANNUAL SEMINAR will this year be jointly hosted by the SALLR and CCMA. Read more

The requirement that professionals keep up-to-date with the knowledge and skills necessary to execute their functions is the cornerstone of all recognised professions.  Simply put, an out-of-date practitioner is not a competent practitioner.  This commitment to career-long learning is termed ‘Continuous Professional Development’ (CPD) and the SALLR proudly drives this process.

In respect of the hottest topics in labour law, employee relations, human resources and remuneration, the SALLR team on an annual basis ensures:

• that you are provided with insightful questions and practical, customised solutions
• the correct identification of trends
• a comprehensive legislative update
• cross-referencing to publications, judgments, awards, rulings, etc
• the categorisation of the content in a user friendly manner   

Contact Details: Taryn van der Merwe - (041) 373 4322

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Our Employment Law team specialises in representing management in many national and multi-national corporations, financial institutions, tertiary education institutions, public utility bodies, parastatals and small businesses which includes:

• Collective bargaining issues
• Contracts of employment and terms of engagement of executives
• Discrimination in the workplace
• Due diligence exercises to assess legal risks associated with transactions relating to transfers of businesses, employees and retirement funds
• Grievance, disciplinary and other procedural agreements
• Interdicts for strikes and managing strikes
• Litigation in the Labour Court and Labour Appeal Court
• Lockouts
• Restraint of trade agreements
• Restructuring 
• Running arbitrations in the CCMA and bargaining councils in relation to dismissals and alleged unfair labour practices
• Wage negotiations

Contact Details: 011 290 2540

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solomonholmes is a specialist firm of attorneys offering advice in employment law across all sectors of the economy.

At solomonholmes, we believe that in a complex regulatory environment such as South Africa, employers require advice from specialist attorneys who not only have an in-depth knowledge of their field, but are able to provide practical and efficient solutions to every day operational issues. We offer our clients the benefit of a full service employment law practice ranging from restraints of trade to wage negotiations, strike management to dismissal procedures – see our services for more information.

All our attorneys at solomonholmes have all had substantial experience in the practical application of employment law. We understand the rigours of the workplace and are able to provide solutions to fit your changing needs. Labour and employment issues can often prove disruptive to the conduct of normal business and at solomonholmes we strive to ensure our clients arrive at an effective resolution with minimum interruption to operations.

Contact Details: 011 646 4235

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