Professor Rochelle Le Roux
B.Juris LLB University of Port Elizabeth
LLM University of Stellenbosch
PGDip (Employment Law and Social Security) UCT
LLM (Sports Law) Anglia Ruskin University
PhD (UCT)
Bio
Prof Le Roux a qualified attorney and conveyancer and practised with a law firm in Cape Town before joining academia in 1994. Currently she is a professor in the Faculty of Law, and lectures mainly labour law.
In 1990 she obtained a Master's degree in International Water Law from the University of Stellenbosch, but as a result of personal interest and the demands of practice, she developed an interest in labour law. In 2000 she obtained a PG Dip (Employment Law and Social Security) from the University of Cape Town and 2002 she graduated with another Master's degree (in Sports Law) from Anglia Ruskin University. In 2008 she graduated with a PhD in labour law from the University of Cape Town.
Since 2002 she regularly published in peer-reviewed/accredited journals on both labour law and sports law issues. In 2005 she published a book Sexual Harassment in the Workplace: Law, Policies and Processes co-authored by Thandi Orleyn and Alan Rycroft. A further edition of this book, Harassment in the Workplace: Law, Policies and Processes, was published during August 2010.
Teaching
Labour Law (convener) (LLB)
Individual Employment Law (convener) (LLM)
Publications
2022
(With PAK Le Roux) ‘Labour Dispute Resolution: Jurisdictional Potholes, Pitfalls and Dongas: Reflecting on Recent Jurisprudence’ (2022) 43 ILJ 1443
‘Hybrid Contract of Employment: A Tale of (Mostly) Unreported Judgments’ (2022) 43 ILJ 779
Chapter 15 "Retrenchments (Dismissal based on Operational Requirements)" in F van Jaarsveld et al Principles and Practice of Labour Law 2001 LexisNexis Durban 2022
2021
‘Transfers and services: The common law is dead! Long live the common law!’ in Liber Amicorum Manfred Weiss Olivier, Smit and Kalula (eds) Juta 2021 131-151).
2020
‘Decoding section 200B of the LRA: Masoga and Another v Pick n Pay Retailers (Pty) Ltd and Others (JA14/2018) [2019] ZALAC 59 (12 September 2019)’ (2020) 41 ILJ 822
‘Section 189(1) of the Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995: Irrational, unreasonable or neither? Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union and Others v Royal Bafokeng Platinum Ltd and Others (2020) 41 ILJ 555 (CC)’ (2020) 41 ILJ 1568
‘The tentacles of majoritarianism: how far can they reach into retrenchment?’ Obiter Volume 41 (3) 483
Chapter 15 "Retrenchments (Dismissal based on Operational Requirements)" in F van Jaarsveld et al Principles and Practice of Labour Law 2001 LexisNexis Durban 2020
Labour Law: LAWSA Volume 24 Part 1 (Third Edition) – 2020
Labour Law: LAWSA Volume 24 Part 2 (Third Edition) - 2020
2019
‘Collective Agreements on the Crest of the Legislative Wave, but the Common Law Still Making Ripples: The Sources of Labour Law in South Africa’ in The Sources of Labour Law, Tamás Gyulavári and Emanuele Menegatti (eds) Kluver
‘A Recipe for Procedural Success in the Case of Large-scale Retrenchments: Woolies Times Three, with a Pinch of Edcon and Steenkamp for Taste’ (2019) 40 ILJ 1421
Update Chapter 29 ‘Employment’ in Wille’s Principles of South African Law 10ed (publication date uncertain, but in press)
Labour Law: LAWSA Volume 24 Part 1 (Third Edition) – 2019
Labour Law: LAWSA Volume 24 Part 2 (Third Edition) - 2019
2018
Update Chapter (Operational Requirement Dismissals) SA Labour Law, Revision Service 70 (2018)
Labour Law: LAWSA Volume 24 Part 1 (Third Edition) – 2018
Labour Law: LAWSA Volume 24 Part 2 (Third Edition) - 2018
2017
R. Le Roux et A. Fiorentino, "Le rôle contrasté de la jurisprudence en matière de licenciement pour motif économique", in Revue de droit comparé du travail et de la sécurité sociale, Jurisprudence sociale comparée « Le juge et le licenciement pour cause économique : analyse de droit comparé », 2017/2, pp. 6-15.
R. Le Roux, "L'équité procédurale et l'équité substantielle dans le cadre du licenciement économique en Afrique du Sud: un double trouble", in Revue de droit comparé du travail et de la sécurité sociale, Jurisprudence sociale comparée « Le juge et le licenciement pour cause économique : analyse de droit comparé », 2017/2, pp. 46-53.
Van Jaarsveld ao Principles and Practice of Labour Law (2017) service
Rycroft and Le Roux ‘Decolonising the Labour Law Curriculum’ (2017) 38 ILJ 1473.
2016
Van Jaarsveld ao Principles and Practice of Labour Law (2016) service Issue 31 para 855 – 894
Does majoritarianism still rule in South Africa? 2015/1 2015/3 Revue de droit comparé du travail et de la sécurité sociale 101
Retrenchment Law in South Africa LexisNexis
Laws Against Strikes (2016) B Hepple R le Roux S Sciarra (eds) Juta (South Africa)
‘The right to strike in essential and public services in the SADC region’ (with T Cohen (UKZN) PER Vol 19 (2016)
2015
Laws Against Strikes B Hepple, R Le Roux, S Sciarra (eds) Franco Angeli, Rome (2015)
‘Le Principe de la Majorite est-il Toujours Applique en Afrique Du Sud’ De Droit du Travail et dela Securite Sociale 2015/1 97 (This is a French journal published by COMPTRASEC, a research institute based at the University of Bordeaux
‘Harm inflicted during the course of employment does not always arise out of employment’ published in the International Labor Rights Case law published by the Hague Institute for International Justice (full citation not yet available)
‘Benefits: Have we found the way out of the labyrinth?’ (2015) 36 ILJ 888
2014
"Employment: A dodo or simply living dangerously?” (2014) 35 ILJ
2013
“A social economy and sustainability: Is there potential for an interface?” (2013) 34(3) Obiter 506
‘Employment: A dodo or simply living dangerously?’ inaugural lecture (2013) and published of the Industrial Law Journal ((2014) 35 ILJ 30.
2012
Labour Law in Context AJ van der Walt, R Le Roux and A Govindjee (ed) Pearson, Cape Town, (2012)
“Dismissal” in Labour Law in Context AJ van der Walt, R Le Roux and A Govindjee (ed) Pearson, Cape Town, (2012)
“Dismissal for Misconduct” in Labour Law in Context AJ van der Walt, R Le Roux and A Govindjee (ed) Pearson, Cape Town, (2012)
“The purpose of labour law? Can it turn green?” in Labour Law into the Future (Juta, Cape Town) 2012
R Le Roux and A Rycroft (eds) Reinventing Labour Law (Juta, Cape Town) 2012 – also published as Acta Juridica 2012
“The new unfair labour practice” in R Le Roux and A Rycroft (eds) Reinventing Labour Law (Juta, Cape Town) 2012 – also published as Acta Juridica 2012
2011
“National Register for Sex Offenders”, Smythe, D and Pithey, P (eds) Sexual Offences Commentary, Juta and Co (2011) (with J Williams)
“Getting clarity: The difference between compensation, damages, reinstatement and back-pay” (2011) 32 ILJ 1520
“Not Letting Them Whistle: The Labour Appeal Court’s Approach to the Protected Disclosures Act and Protecting Parliament’s Employees” (2011) 32(3) Obiter 591 (with Craig Bosch).
2010
Harassment in the Workplace: Law, Policies and Processes with A Rycroft T Orleyn (Butterworths LexisNexis, Durban) 1-215
"Droit du travail et de la sécurité sociale dans le sport sud-africain" Bulletin de droit comparé du travail et de la sécurité sociale 2010, Bordeaux, 159-183 (à paraitre)
"Evolution of the contract of employment in South Africa" (2010) 39(2) Industrial Law Journal (UK) 139
"Dialogue concerning externalisation and multilateral employment" (2010) 1 De Jure
2009
Understanding the Labour Relations Act, Juta's Pocket Companions, Jordaan, Kalula and Strydom (eds), Juta Law, Jordaan, B; Van Jaarsveld, M & Le Roux, R. 1-229
"The Meaning of Worker' and the Road Towards Diversification: Reflecting On Discovery, Sita And Kylie'" 2009 (30) Industrial Law Journal 49
"Research and publishing in law - no need for a Big Bang". Paper presented at the Association of South African Law Teachers Conference, Pietermaritzburg. (With Dr Lyn Holness)
"Sexual Harassment Case Law update". Paper presented at the 22nd Annual Labour Law Conference, Johannesburg (With Sufia Singlee)
"The PDA - An inquiry into wrongdoing or providing protection". Paper presented at Litigation seminar: Protected Disclosure Act - Open Democracy Advice Centre, Johannesburg
"The World of Work: Forms of Engagement in South Africa". Paper presented at the 15th World Congress of the IIRA, Sydney
"The contract of employment" Chapter in Thompson and Benjamin South African Labour Law, Juta
The World of Work - Institute of Development and Labour Law Monograph series (02/2009)
2008
"Reinstatement: When does a continuing employment relationship become intolerable?" 2008 (29) 1 Obiter 69
"A rebel without a c(l)ause: The meaning of worker' and diversification". Paper presented at the national SASLAW Conference, Durban, October 2009
PhD thesis (UCT): "The Regulation of Work: Whither the Contract of Employment?: An analysis of the Suitability of the Contract of Employment to Regulate the Different Forms of Labour Market Participation by Individual Workers"
2007
"Employment" chapter in F Du Bois (ed) Wille's Principles of South African Law 9ed (2007) Juta, Cape Town.
"Sexual harassment in the workplace: Understanding the employer's liability?" paper presented at the Employment Relations Conference, 5 June 2007, Johannesburg.
"When does a continuing employment relationship become intolerable?" paper presented at the 20th Annual Labour Law Conference, Johannesburg
"Sexual Harassment in the Workplace" - lunchtime presentation to staff at the Law firm Denys Reitz (October 2007), Cape Town
"The worker: Towards labour law's new vocabulary" 2007 (124) 3 South African Law Journal 469.
2006
"Labour law in South African Sport: A season of expectations?" (2006) 1-2 The International Sports Law Journal 56-59.
"Anatomy of a benefit: A labybrinthine enquiry" 2006 (27) Industrial Law Journal 53-66.
"The law, sexual harassment and the best way to go" 29(6) Dec 2006/Jan 2006 South African Labour Bulletin 38-39.
"Sexual harassment in the workplace: a matter of more questions than answers or do we simply know less the more we find out?" 2006 10 (1) Law, Democracy & Development 49-67.
"Managing Racism in the Workplace: Any lessons to be learnt from SATAWU obo Finca v Old Mutual Life Insurance Company (SA) Limited and Burger" paper presented at the 19thAnnual Labour Law Conference, Johannesburg.
"When is enough, enough? Reflecting on recent South African case law on the extent to which employers should be liable for the racist (and other discriminatory) conduct of their employees in the workplace" lunchtime lecture presented at the Faculty of Law, University of Melbourne, July 2006
"Section 60 of the Employment Equity Act, 1998: Will a comparative approach shake this joker out of the pack?" 2006 (27) 3 Obiter 411.
2005
Sexual Harassment in the Workplace: Law, Policies and Processes with T Orleyn & A Rycroft (Butteworths LexisNexis, Durban) 1-177.
"Employment issues in sport" In R. Cloete (ed) Introduction to Sports Law in South Africa 67-93, Butterworths LexisNexis - Durban.
2004
"Be(a)tting on expectations: Labour law issues in sport." Paper presented at the 2004 Sports Law Update, Pretoria.
"Performance clauses in sport contracts." Paper presented at the South African Sport Science Conference, Johannesburg.
"The vicarious liability of the employer for the sexual harassment of an employee in the workplace." Paper presented at the 17th Annual Labour Law Conference, Johannesburg.
"The World Anti-Doping Code: A South African perspective" (2004) 26 South African Journal for Research in Sport, Physical Education and Recreation 65.
"Annus horribilis for South African sport?" (2004) 1-2 The International Sports Law Journal 51.
"Aspects of South African law as it applies to corruption in the workplace" (2004) 17 (2) South African Journal of Criminal Justice/Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Strafregspleging 158.
"Does the Constitution fail workers?" (2004) 28(2) South African Labour Bulletin 47.
"Sexual harassment in the workplace: reflecting on Grobler v Naspers" (2004) 25 Industrial Law Journal 1897.
"The cas(e) for sport" Newsletter Sports Law Association of South Africa 3 (2004).
"About updates and Olympics" Newsletter Sports Law Association of South Africa 4 (2004).
"Deliciously Nutty!" Newsletter Sports Law Association of South Africa 5 (2004).
"Vicarious liability for sexual harassment in the workplace" Lunchtime lecture presented at the Faculty of Law at the University of Melbourne, July 2004.
2003
"Is Tsimba chipped? Reflecting on the IRB rule that a player may only represent one country." Paper presented at the UCT/RAU Sports Law Conference, Cape Town. (See Sport: The Right to Participate and Other Legal Issues R Le Roux & S Cornelius (eds), 2003, 18-32.)
"Corruption in the workplace: the whistle blower's dilemma." Paper co-presented (with G Ghalant) at the 16th Annual Labour Law Conference, Johannesburg.
"AWOL. A clear case for summary dismissal" (2003) 11(2) Juta's Business Law Journal 38.
"How divine is my contract? Reflecting on the enforceability of player/athlete contracts in sport" (2003) 15(1) SA Mercantile Law Journal 116.
Sport: The Right to Participate and Other Legal Issues R Le Roux & S Cornelius (eds). 2003. (Selected papers from the Sports Law Conference held at the University of Cape Town 6-7 February 2003.)
"Vicarious liability: Revisiting an old acquaintance" (2003) 24 ILJ 1879.
2002
"The impact of the amendments on the residual unfair labour practices." Paper presented at the Excellante International Labour Relations Amendments Conference, Johannesburg May 2002 and Cape Town August 2002.
"Transferring a football player: not quite section 197 of the LRA." Paper presented at the 15th Annual Labour Law Conference, Johannesburg.
"Under starter's orders: Law, labour law and sport?" (2002) 23 Industrial Law Journal 1195.
"Agricultural workers: A historical and contemporary perspective" Occasional paper 1/2002 IDLL.
"The Cronjé affair: Reflecting on match-fixing in cricket" (2002) 2 The International Sports Law Journal 11.
"Residual unfair labour practices: Another unhappy definition" (2002) 10(2) Juta's Business Law Journal 86.
"The impact of the 2002 amendments on residual unfair labour practices" (2002) 23 Industrial Law Journal 1699.
"Not so clear, unambiguous, unconditional and unequivocal" (2002) 10(3) Juta's Business Law Journal 108.
2001
"Kerk en Vigs" Die Kerkbode 1 December 2001 14. (Non-legal publication Translated: "The church and AIDS".)
"Employers beware! Be consistent!" (2001) 9(3) Juta's Business Law 121.
"Cricket is not for cheats - Cronjé loses court appeal" (2001) 6 Sports Law Bulletin 18.
"Corruption in sport: the lessons to be learned from South African cricket." Paper presented at the ANZSLA Sports Law Conference, Perth, Australia 2001.
2000
"Disciplinary procedures: where are we now?" (2000) 8(2) Juta's Business Law 51.
"Inherent job requirements in the religious profession." Paper presented at the Association of South African Law Teachers Conference, Durban.
1995
"Does the Constitution have any implications for ordinary contractual relationships?" (1995) 3(3) Juta's Business Law 1995 132
"A creditor left to dree his weird'" (1996) 4(4) Juta's Business Law 1996 57