Rosalind Davey is a partner and team leader in our Johannesburg office Employment & Benefits Practice.

She acts for clients on matters relating to employment litigation including urgent applications, interdicts, reviews, dismissal disputes, arbitrations and general litigation. Rosalind’s experience extends to a wide range of non-litigious employment law matters and matters of a commercial nature with employment implications such as strategic planning, restructuring and outsourcing.

She also has extensive experience general employment law, the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, retrenchments, performance management, disciplinary hearings and arbitrations. Rosalind has acted as a judge in the Labour Court of South Africa.

She also has experience in advising on social media law, drafting social media policies and providing training on understanding and managing the risks of social media in the workplace.

She has BA and LLB degrees from the University of KwaZulu-Natal.

Relevant Experience

• General labour/employment law including:
  • Advisory and opinion work
  • Transactional work
  • Due diligence
  • Employment litigation
  • Transfers of undertakings
  • Retrenchments
  • Discrimination
  • Unfair labour practices
  • Handling strikes
  • Collective bargaining
  • Alternative dispute resolution
  • Drafting contracts and policies
  • Adjudicating disputes
  • Appearances in the Labour Court, Magistrate’s Court and employment Tribunals

• Social media law – drafting policies, providing advice and training on, among others:
  • Constitutional law
  • Defamation
  • Delict
  • Vicarious liability
  • Managing possible brand damage
  • Ownership disputes
  • Protecting confidential information and trade secrets

• Providing training to clients

Signature Matters

• Pick ‘n Pay Retailers (Pty) Ltd
• Standard Bank of SA Ltd

Awards

Rosalind received a Certificate of Contribution: World Justice Project

• South Africa: Manage industrial action effectively with the Bowmans Strike Management Guidelines
• South Africa: Harassment Prevention Pack – helping employers to prevent and eliminate harassment in the workplace
• South Africa: What are the various types of harassment that may pervade the workplace?
• South Africa: Constitutional Court decides that a link between respondents and unlawful conduct is required to grant interdict
• South Africa: Further regulation of the employment of foreign nationals on the cards
• South Africa: Collective Bargaining in the Context of Business Rescue Proceedings
• South Africa: Avoid complacency in business rescue retrenchments
• South Africa: Retrenchments in the context of business rescue proceedings – the impact of the moratorium on legal proceedings on employees’ rights under section 189A(13) of the LRA
• COVID-19: Revisiting the question: when can retrenchment processes start?
• COVID-19: Labour Court – no need for rigidity in retrenchments, South Africa
• COVID-19: The right to strike during the lockdown
• Collective effort and culture change can curb violent strikes
• Unpacking the New Agreement on Collective Bargaining and Strikes
• What you should know before monitoring employees’ emails
• The unforeseen consequences of social media use
• What you should know before monitoring employees’ emails
• Lost in translation
• Firms need social media policy for staff
• Beware: Facebook could get you fired
• Social media has reputation and business risks for employers
• Employers urged to avoid being “poked” by the wrong end of the social media stick
• Employers urged to approach social media risks with great care
• Employers beware: the risks of social media in the workplace
• How the move to online shopping could shake up retail employment
• COVID-19: Safe Return to Work Pack – ensuring compliance quickly and easily
• The virtual workplace: how to enjoy the advantages and minimise the risks
• Making the digital world work for your business