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  • Have a ‘Workplace Readiness Playbook’ for your business re-opening

    • 4th Jun 2020
    • Posted by: Barnard Inc
    • Categories: Compliance, COVID-19, Latest News, Risk Assessment
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    There is a heavy burden on employers to ensure a risk-free return to work for their employees. Associate, Chanique Rautenbach recommends that companies share the burden of compliance with their labour law advisers and then develop a well-defined work readiness playbook before venturing further into the new normal.

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  • Minister ordered to remedy irrational Covid-19 regulations

    • 3rd Jun 2020
    • Posted by: Barnard Inc
    • Categories: Court Rulings, COVID-19, Latest News
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    High Court says current Disaster Management Regulations create a Constitutional Crisis. Those regulations must be amended with due consideration to the limitation each has on the rights guaranteed in the Bill of Rights contained in the Constitution.

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  • Just how secure and legal are electronic signatures?

    • 17th Apr 2020
    • Posted by: Barnard Inc
    • Categories: Compliance, Contracts, COVID-19, Latest News
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    The pandemic lockdowns have affected the way we do official business. The Electronic Communications and Transactions Act 25 of 2002 (ECTA) provides clarity on the topic of electronic transactions, including electronic signatures.

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