• BA LLB, University of Cape Town

• Attorney qualified in the Republic of South Africa 1998

General advice

• Providing advice on selection and recruitment.
• Drafting employment contracts and letters of appointment.
• Conducting compliance audits.
• Drafting disciplinary codes and procedures and grievance procedures.
• recommended in labour and employment and commended her for having 'excellent credentials'.
• Furnishing advice on dismissals related to misconduct, poor performance, ill-health and operational requirements.
• Chairing internal company disciplinary enquiries and appeals.
• Representing clients in internal company disciplinary enquiries and appeals.
• Providing advice and guidance on the holding of internal company disciplinary enquiries and appeals.
• Advising corporate clients on various strategic issues such as the labour-related implications of mergers and retrenchments.
• Providing advice and opinions regarding a wide range of non-litigious employment law matters (and commercial matters with employment law implications) such as the restructuring of a business and transfers of a business as a going concern.
• Conducting and advising in relation to large-scale facilitated retrenchment processes.

Trade Unions

• Liaising and negotiating with trade unions on behalf of corporate clients.
• Representing clients in wage negotiations, during strike action and lock-outs, consultations regarding the implementation of strike and picketing rules, retrenchments and other matters involving collective bargaining or mutual interests such as negotiating changes to codes and procedures.

Dispute Resolution

• Representing clients in proceedings before the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration, Bargaining Councils, the Labour Court, and the Labour Appeal Court.
• Negotiating settlements of labour disputes.

• Chambers Global 2021 - 2023 ranked Gillian in Band 3 for Employment and from 2017 - 2020 she was ranked in Band 4 for Employment.
• Legal 500 EMEA 2017- 2023 recommended Gillian in employment. In 2010 and 2012 - 2014 she was recommended in labour and employment and commended her for having 'excellent credentials'

• Presents seminars on the Labour Relations Act and other labour legislation.
• Conducts workshops regarding various aspects of IR and labour practice.
• Training on negotiation.
• An invited guest speaker at symposiums and conferences regarding labour legislation.

• Awarded honorary membership of SASLAW (The South African Society for Labour Law) after serving as President and committee member of the Western Cape committee for several years, member of the National committee for 2 years and a Cape Town liaison on the World Congress Local Organising committee, XXI International Society for Labour & Social Security Law World Congress 2015.

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