Introduction -- International labour standards -- The constitutional framework -- The elusive employee and non-standard employment -- Common-law and statutory conditions of employment -- The right to equality in employment : non-discrimination (Chapter II of the EEA) -- The right to equality in employment : employment equity and affirmative action (Chapter III of the EEA) -- Unfair labour practices -- Unfair dismissal -- preliminary topics -- Automatically unfair reasons for dismissal -- Conduct and capacity -- Dismissal for reasons basedon an employer's operational requirements -- The transfer of undertakings -- Freedom of association and the right to organise -- Collective bargaining -- Strikes and lock-outs -- Dispute resolution -- Employment and social protection.