Die inwerkingtreding van die Wet op Elektroniese Kommunikasie en Transaksies 2002 (hierin verwys na as die ‘ECTA’) bevat ‘n paar aspekte wat in ag geneem moet word wanneer webwerwe vir besighede geskep word en wanneer elektroniese transaksies aangegaan word. Transaksie (ECTA definisie): “‘n transaksie van kommersiële of nie-kommersiële aard, en sluit in die verskaffing van inligting en e-regering dienste“. Waar ‘n elektroniese transaksie gesluit word, sal die ECTA op daardie transaksie van...

Employers have often faced the frustrating predicament where they had to rely on information from their employees to identify the actual perpetrators of misconduct, and they blatantly refuse to provide the information. Employees that intentionally refuse to disclose the identity of actual perpetrators may be dismissed because they breach the duty of fidelity towards the employer which makes the employment relationship intolerable. This remedy was confirmed by the Labour Appeal Court in the...

The new Defence Sector Code was gazetted on 9 November 2018 by the Department of Trade and Industry. This Sector Code also came into effect on the date of publication. It will be applicable to all enterprises in the South African Defence Industry (SADI) – these include National or Provincial Departments, Organs of State, Public Entities as well as private enterprises providing defence material and/or any other supplies, products and services to the Department of Defence or its agencies. SADI...

With the benefits of eLearning in the workplace discussed in a previous article, the focus is now on the growing trend of micro training through your own device (Bring Your Own Device, or BYOD). Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) or your Own Technology (BYOT) has gained popularity in recent years when it comes to employee training. More than half of South Africans are connected to the internet through smart devices. This makes eLearning through a smartphone/tablet, a viable option for South African...

The enactment of the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act 2002 (herein referred to as the ‘ECTA’) introduces some aspects which needs to be considered when creating websites for businesses and concluding electronic transactions. Transaction (ECTA definition): “a transaction of either a commercial or non-commercial nature, and includes the provision of information and e-government services”. Wherever an Electronic Transaction is concluded, ECTA will apply to that...

Werkgewers staar dikwels die frustrerende dilemma in die gesig dat hulle moet staatmaak op inligting van hul werknemers om die plegers van wangedrag te identifiseer, en hulle weier opsetlik om die inligting te verskaf. Werknemers wat opsetlik versuim om wangedrag wat deur ander werknemers gepleeg is te openbaar, kan ontslaan word omdat hulle die verpligting van trou wat hulle teenoor die werkgewer het, verbreek – wat die vertrouensverhouding onuithoudbaar maak. Hierdie oplossing is bevestig...