You have just been offered your dream job. It comes with a better salary, a senior title and strong prospects. There is only one problem: your new employer is a direct competitor of your current one, ...

In GNG Pine Products CC and Another v De Beer and Another, the Labour Court recently considered whether a restraint could still bind a retired branch manager. Frederik De Beer had managed GNG’s ...

The starting point in South African law is that a restraint of trade clause in an employment contract is valid and binding. It is not automatically contrary to public policy simply because it ...