PART A: Sources -- 1. Introduction and background -- PART B: The individual employment relationship -- 2. The parties to the employment relationship -- 3. The individual contract of employment -- 4. Basic conditions of employment -- PART C: Unfair labour practices and employment equity -- 5. Unfair labour practices -- 6. Unfair discrimination -- 7. Affirmative action -- PART D: Discipline and dismissal -- 8. Workplace discipline -- 9. Forms of dismissal -- 10. Dismissal under the LRA -- 11. Automatically unfair dismissals -- 12. Dismissal for misconduct: Fair reason -- 13. Dismissal for misconduct: Fair procedure -- 14. Dismissal for poor work performance, incompatibility and incapacity -- 15. Dismissal for operational requirements -- 16. Closures, mergers and sales of businesses -- PART E: Collective labour law -- 17. Collective labour law: An introduction -- 18. Bargaining agents -- 19. Bargaining forums -- 20. The bargaining process -- 21. Collective agreements -- PART F: Industrial action -- 22. Strikes and 'protest action' -- 23. Dismissal of unprotected strikers -- 24. Lockouts -- PART G: Forums and procedures -- 25. Dispute resolution: Forums and procedures.