Practice Expertise
- mine and occupational health and safety
- mining
- occupational health and safety
- mine health and safety
Areas of Practice
- mine and occupational health and safety
- mine health and safety
- mining
- occupational health and safety
Profile
Tyla Foster is an Executive at ENS in the Mine and Occupational Health and Safety practice.
She has represented, and appeared on behalf of, listed and unlisted companies in formal accident inquiry proceedings and formal and informal investigations conducted in terms of the South African Mine Health and Safety Act, 1996 ("MHSA") and the Occupational Health and Safety Act, 1993 ("OHASA").
Tyla's expertise includes providing legal advice, and furnishing legal opinions, to clients on legislative requirements in terms of the MHSA, OHASA and the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act, 1993. She also assists clients with the review of health and safety agreements and mandatary agreements. She has drafted letters of appointment and has provided legal advice on mandatory and discretionary legal appointments and legal appointment structures.
Tyla has also conducted multiple due diligence investigations relating to occupational health and safety matters.
Areas of Practice
- mine and occupational health and safety
- mine health and safety
- mining
- occupational health and safety
Professional Career
Professional Activities and Experience
Qualifications:
- BSocSci (University of KwaZulu-Natal)
- LLB (University of KwaZulu-Natal)
- Admitted as an attorney of the High Court of South Africa
Articles
South Africa: All Industries excluding the mining industry: is there an obligation on employers to report and investigate incidents of employees contracting the Coronavirus (COVID-19) ?
By Tyla Foster |April 2020South African Mining Industry: is there an obligation on employers to report and investigate incidents of occupational-acquired Covid-19?
By Tyla Foster |March 2020South Africa: is there an obligation on employers to report and investigate incidents of occupational-acquired COVID-19 in the mining industry?
By Tyla Foster |March 2020
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