paternity leave
Recent Developments: The Constitutional Court, Parental Leave and Van Wyk
This judgment marks a decisive shift towards gender-neutral caregiving and equal parenting in the workplace. While full legislative clarity is pending, the interim order is already binding, and employers who fail to comply face material legal and reputational risk.
Paternity Rights: Finally a reality
For many years the prevailing body of case law and statutory development in the area of leave occasioned by the birth or prospective birth of a child has dealt almost exclusively with maternity and not paternity rights. The law as it stands on maternity leave is well known and governed by the corresponding provisions of more...