How does sick leave work? It works on a 3 year annual cycle during which an employer is entitled to sick leave equal to the number of days he normally works in a 6 week period.

lf an engineer, architect, or any professional for that matter, agrees to do work for a client and there is no agreement on the remuneration payable, does that mean that the professional is not entitled to payment for any work done?

Contractors and subcontractors should consider the excellent advantages to be gained by suspending work on a contract.

Stewart's defense was that he had been released from the contract by virtue of a letter written to him by one of the corporation's members. It transpired that Stewart and the author of the letter had been involved in a long term love affair with one anoth

For a binding agreement to be formed, there must be a meeting of the minds of all parties regarding the essentials of the contract.

The Scene: Green Point, Cape Town. The Time: One balmy evening in 2004. The Occasion: The birthday party of Mr De Bruin. The Venue: The house owned by Mr Pienaar. The Main Contractor: Mr Classen. The Subbie: Mr Lamberts. The Disaster ......

In this article we will start to cover the technical aspects as required by the NHBRC “HOME BUILDERS MANUALS” as well as “SABS 0400 (SANS 10400 is not yet published)

A joint venture is a legal entity formed by two or more parties who agree to undertake an economic activity, pool their resources and share in the risk and rewards.

Subcontractors frequently face the age old problem of main contractors failing to make payment on time or at all.

Members are already enquiring from the Association what procedures are recommended for the Annual Holiday period in December/January.

Banks in SA are amongst the institutions the public generally love to hate, and the massive pay packages of some bankers are indeed cause for concern.

Wangari Maathai, a Kenyan activist, showed that tree planting activities in that East African country can mobilise grassroots constituencies and create environmental awareness. Her promotion of the planting of trees to restore natural forests, ecosystems

Have you ever felt aggrieved about any official decision taken that affects your interests? If so then read on!

The new Pressure Equipment Regulations came into force on the 1st October 2009. The regulation makes provision for an Authorised Person who is registered as competent within the scope of work undertaken.

A big bone of contention among local Zululand contractors was the sudden withdrawal of several multimillion Rand contracts to build schools. The 29 January 2010 edition of the Zululand Observer reports that the North Coast Region Department of public work