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Artificial intelligence (AI) raises many intellectual property (IP) issues.
Publication | September 15, 2015
More than 75 designated employers in KwaZulu-Natal are facing fines of at least 1.5 million rand or 2% of their turnover for non-compliance with the Employment Equity Act No. 55 of 1998.
This harsh reality is being felt by non-compliant designated employers in KwaZulu-Natal. In terms of the Act, a designated employer is “a person who employs 50 or more employees” or a person who employs fewer than 50 employees but has a total annual turnover between 6 million and up to 75 million, depending on the employer’s industrial sector.
The Department of Labour is adopting a rigid stance in wielding the enforcement provisions against designated employers who do not comply. Labour inspectors are conducting inspections at various companies, in some instances arriving unannounced, to assess compliance.
Most of the fines being imposed relate to employers who do not have employment equity plans in place. The minimum fine is 1.5 million rand and the Department of Labour is not negotiable on this amount. Other consequences for non-compliance include a review by the director-general of a designated employer’s employment equity affairs and the issuing of written undertakings and compliance orders.
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Artificial intelligence (AI) raises many intellectual property (IP) issues.
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The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR or the Court) recently ruled in Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz & Ors v. Switzerland (Application No. 53600/20) that Switzerland had breached the European Convention of Human Rights (the Convention) by not taking sufficient action against climate change. In particular, it found a breach of the right to respect for private and family life contained in Article 8 of the Convention, based on Switzerland’s failure to mitigate the impact of climate change on the lives, health, well-being and quality of life of its citizens. It also ruled that Switzerland had breached the right to a fair trial in terms of Article 6, in that the domestic courts failed to examine the merits of the applicants’ complaints, including the scientific evidence. In this article we consider the key features of this landmark judgment, which has wide ramifications for Member States of the Convention.
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