Hassan van Wyk

Hassan van Wyk is an Executive in the Employment practice, specialising in Employment Law. He advises clients across the retail and wholesale, mining, energy, construction and engineering, manufacturing, insurance, and banking industries, as well as state departments, state‑owned companies, and bargaining councils in the public sector.

He advises and acts for clients in both litigious and non‑litigious employment law matters, including employment equity, unfair discrimination, workplace misconduct, unfair labour practice disputes, retrenchments and redundancies, transfers of employment (section 197), organisational rights disputes, and collective bargaining and industrial action. He regularly appears in the CCMA, Bargaining Councils, Labour Court, Labour Appeal Court, and Constitutional Court. He has a keen interest in restraints of trade and has advised and acted for clients on enforceability matters in the Labour Court. He also assists clients with drafting bespoke employment‑related agreements, including contracts of employment, independent contractor agreements, collective agreements, and separation agreements for senior employees.