Webber Wentzel

Employment, Health & Safety Practice

Partner

Dee specialises in all aspects of employment law with a keen interest in restraint of trade matters, advising on employment issues where companies are undergoing business rescue, transfers of businesses as a going concern, employment related medical malpractice issues, mass retrenchments and general employment related litigation. She has extensive experience in advising companies in respect of the dismissal of executive employees in particular where there are poor work performance issues. She has conducted large-scale employment focussed due diligences, with a particular focus on post retirement medical aid and defined pension benefits. She also advises on regulatory registrations required for specific positions as contemplated in the Construction Regulation to the Occupational Health and Safety Act and other related legislation. Dee drafts employment policies and procedures, executive employment contracts and advises on employee incentive agreements and employee share ownership schemes. Her expertise extends to employment equity, labour court matters and arbitrations before the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration. She has advised clients across a range of industries, including: electronics, media, banking, agricultural, retail, metal, mining, medical and insurance.

LLM (Employment Law), University of Johannesburg, 2008LLB University of KwaZulu-Natal, 1998BA University of KwaZulu-Natal, 1996