WHAT
The Labour Law Academy has been established in order to provide immediate access to a comprehensive range of material providing knowledge and skills regarding labour law and labour relations in South Africa.
HOW
How do you do a course?
You do a course by simply following the links either here or there and then clicking on the title of a course. You can then see if the course is one you would like or need to do, and find out more about it by reading through the course description.
WHEN
The courses we provide are on line. The means you can do a course when needed, just in time.
That means that when you have a particular workplace incident involving misconduct in the form of negligence for example, you can quickly find out what you as the employer need to prove in a disciplinary hearing or arbitration.
FAQ
Check Out Our Popular Courses
How to think like a lawyer
An introduction to legal skills and knowledge.
This short course is intended to assist those who are studying law for the first time and in particular employment law by introducing them to fundamental knowledge, practices, tools and skills required to successfully complete the courses presented by the Labour Law Academy.
The course covers subject matter such as how to read a reported legal case, finding the applicable section of the Act, understanding and interpreting legislation, applying the law, understanding what is relevant, and deriving the legal principle from a case.
Conflict of interests
This short course explains the law and best practice in this form of misconduct.
Context: This article discusses the situation where an employee’s business interests conflict with those of his employer.
Content: There are a number of situations in which an employer’s business may be compromised by the employee’s own interests whether in another business or by working against the employer’s business. This article explains this form of misconduct.
The law of evidence in hearings and arbitrations
A comprehensive and practical discussion of the law of evidence.
Do you need help with understanding and applying the law of evidence? You will find the solution right here!
All aspects of the law of evidence as they may arise in disciplinary hearings or arbitrations are covered, and each is discussed comprehensively. Complex law is made accessible, while the learning is made alive with the use of videos and a workbook, reinforced with a series of voluntary tests to enhance your understanding and provide you with the all knowledge and skills you need.
FREE WEBINAR ON 29 JANUARY 2026
In this webinar
- you will learn more about labour law and how to do courses on this website (including problems you may have encountered),
- I will discuss with you how to start your own labour consultancy or help expand what you are already doing, or
- I will assist you in your HR of other work to manage labour disputes and labour relations in your workplace, or
- anything else I can do for you………
The webinar should take no longer than an hour.
If you are not able to attend the webinar at the above date and time you will be still able to watch it on YouTube- provided you have registered!