Worklaw aims to be the leading labour law and labour relations advice and information service in South Africa. It has been developed by leading South African arbitrators and practitioners who are at the cutting edge of developments in the labour law and labour relations fields. The primary authors of Worklaw are Professor Alan Rycroft and Bruce Robertson.
Professor Alan Rycroft (BA LLB LLM) (on the left)
Alan Rycroft is Professor of Commercial Law at the University of Cape Town. He is an admitted attorney with extensive experience in the labour law field. He is a part time senior commissioner with the CCMA and has been mediating and arbitrating labour disputes for over twenty years. From 1995 to 2000 he was Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Natal. Alan has published extensively in the labour law field and is the author / co-author of "A Guide to South African Labour Law","Mediation : Principles, Process and Practice", "Trade Unions and the Law in South Africa" and "Harassment in the Workplace"
Bruce Robertson (B Comm LLB LLM) (on the right)
Bruce Robertson is an attorney with over twenty five years experience in labour relations and the dispute resolution fields. He is well known as a mediator, arbitrator, and trainer, having been a part time senior commissioner with the CCMA for many years and a member of the conciliation and arbitration panels of a number of bargaining councils. Bruce was contracted by the International Labour Office (ILO) to assist in implementing labour arbitration in a number of Southern African countries. This required reviewing their legislation, drafting the required codes of good practice, and training their arbitrators. Most of his time is now spent managing and editing Worklaw.