Category Archives: Equality and Non-discrimination

Social Grants to ease the plight of refugees

Please note that this article is an extract from the Legal Resource Centre’s Annual report 2012 In a case seeking to improve the livelihoods of refugees living in South Africa, the LRC launched an application on 30 November 2010 contending that the exclusion of minor refugee children with disabilities from the Social Assistance Act, 13 […]

Family Responsibility in the Workplace

Time tax and reasonable accommodation when caring for the elderly, disabled and children For many employees, their duties as parents or caregivers of children, dependents, the elderly or sick family members sometimes conflict with the rigid requirements of their workplace. In light of the HIV/Aids crisis, the burden that caring for sick family members place […]