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The Hidden Cost of Running Your African Legal Team as a Smaller Version of Global Legal

Multinational subsidiaries across Africa share a common structural problem. The regional legal team is expected to handle local compliance, contracts, employment matters, regulatory engagement, and escalations – with a headcount and budget that reflects neither the complexity nor the volume of what is being asked of them. The result is a function that is permanently […]

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The Founder Risk Premium: The Discount Buyers Apply Before They’ve Said a Word

Corporate & Commercial Law, Cross-Border Legal Services, Data Protection Law, Employment Law, Legal Drafting / Plain Language, Regulatory & Compliance Law / loucile@caveat

Founders preparing for an exit frequently arrive at the valuation conversation with a clear view of what the business is worth: the revenue trajectory, the customer quality, the market position, the product. What they encounter instead is an offer that reflects something different – a price that appears to discount everything they believe they’ve built.

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Resolving Employee Problems: Expert Solutions for Workplace Disputes

Employment Law / caveat

What is a workplace dispute? A workplace dispute refers to a conflict or disagreement that arises between employers and employees or between co-workers within a workplace setting. These disputes can involve a wide range of issues, such as employment contracts, workplace policies, wages and benefits, discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, breach of employment agreements, or violations

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Employee Mental Health Issues: How To Fairly Address Them

Employment Law / caveat

We have experienced a marked increase in clients seeking legal advice on how lawfully and fairly to deal with employees in the workplace who may be suffering from a mental health illness or experiencing difficulties, which are in turn negatively impacting on their behaviour and/or performance. While mental health-related issues in the workplace are not new, the

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Remote Working: Cyber Security Considerations

Employment Law / caveat

The legislative framework governing cybercrime and cyber security is still in its infancy. Whilst the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act 2002, regulates certain acts of cybercrime, it does this in a limited fashion and is perhaps out of tune with the typical acts of cybercrime commonly encountered today. The Cybercrime Bill seeks to further expand

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Employment Tax Incentive Abuse Targeted

Employment Law, Tax Law / caveat

Chapter C of the Budget Speech delivered by the Minister of Finance on the 24th of February 2021, under the heading “Curbing abuse in the ETI”, confirmed that certain taxpayers had devised schemes using training institutions to claim the employment tax incentive (“ETI”) for students. He then brought an end to this abuse. The ETI

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Covid Readiness for Reopening Businesses

Employment Law / caveat

Read full article here. Featuring Nadia Smith.

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Employment Questions Arising from the COVID-19 Lockdown

Employment Law / caveat

For those with employment questions arising from the lockdown, please find below summary points in relation to employees working and/or being paid during lock down: If your business falls within one of the essential services designated by government, you are entitled to require your employees to work during the lockdown period. Remember that all

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Coronavirus Impact on Employment Relationships

Employment Law / caveat

Click here to read full article. Featuring Caveat Employment Law Specialist, Justine Del Monte.

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The National Minimum Wage: Understanding and Applying it

Employment Law, Legislation / caveat

The National Minimum Wage Act (“the NMWA”) came into effect on 1 January 2019. The purpose of the NMWA is to: improve the wages of the lowest paid workers; protect workers from unreasonably low wages; preserve the value of the national minimum wage; promote collective bargaining; and support economic policy. The NMWA defines “workers” as

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