It is common practice for businesses to have a set retirement age stipulated in their contracts of employment. This is usually around 65 years of age. However, with the advancement of medical care and quality of life improvements, employees are often perfectly capable of working beyond this age. Employers may well benefit from such extended service due to their experience. Thus, we encounter the common phenomenon of post-retirement employment with the same employer. Section 198B of the Labour...

Intimidation is said to be conduct that is seen or perceived as threatening to one’s safety. Intimidation in the workplace often rears its head in the form of conflict between co-employees, which escalates to a threat, either blatant or implied, leaving the aggrieved party feeling unsafe in and out of the workplace. When dealing with such situations, it is important to ensure that the affected party make the employer aware of such misconduct by either lodging a formal grievance or orally...