Kim Vova

Kim Vova is a Senior Associate at ENS in the Employment practice, focusing on Employment Law.

Kim routinely assists in advising both domestic and multinational corporations on complex workplace matters, including disputes arising from unfair and automatically unfair dismissals, claims of unfair labour practices, the assertion of organisational rights, and the strategic management of collective bargaining processes.

She has experience working on matters before South African labour dispute resolution fora, and has drafted and assisted in preparing pleadings, notices, affidavits and heads of argument before the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA), the Labour Court and the Labour Appeal Court.

She regularly assists in preparing comprehensive opinions on disciplinary and incapacity disputes, large-scale retrenchments and the transfer of employees under section 197 of the Labour Relations Act. She has assisted clients in the energy, beverage, fast-moving consumer goods, chemicals, health and mining industries.

Kim frequently assists in disciplinary and grievance hearings, drafts workplace policies and employment contracts, and supports the delivery of training for HR executives and line managers on legislative updates and emerging jurisprudence.

She is a member of the South African Society for Labour Law. She holds a BCom and an LLB from the University of the Witwatersrand and is admitted as an attorney of the High Court of South Africa.