Retrenchment is a thorny balance at the best of times. For balancing job losses that businesses need to stay afloat, against the personal calamity of a deceased salary and revenue for individuals, pitches human against human for who takes the biggest hit.
Little wonder the law, and judicial interpretation of the law, grapples with such a balancing act. But as our times of economic strain deepen, hard choices need to be made.By law, laying off staff requires notice of redundancy.
