Category: HR & IR
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National Lockdown – What Now? – 2nd Update
As we approach the cut-off date for the Lockdown, we have been inundated with calls relating to strategy and steps to be taken going forward. While we still await a formal communication from Government as to the list of Essential Services to be applicable during the Lockdown, notes should be made of the following: The…
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National Lockdown – What Now? – 1st Update
Following my earlier post in this regard, please be advised of the following information as relates to the planned Lockdown: At present, no formal information has been received as to the definition of what constitutes an Essential Service during the Lockdown, however it is noted that Mining is still engaged in talks. Rumours of a…
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National Lockdown – What Now?
Following the announcement last night [23 March 2020 – Attached Hereto] by President Ramaphosa as relates to the Lockdown it has become clear that the impact on businesses will be far-reaching. It is necessary to find a balance between the economic interests of all the Citizens of South Africa and the Health and Safety of…
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Increase to National Minimum Wage – March 2020
UPDATED!!!! On the 18th of February 2020, the Minister for Labour and Employment (Thulas Nxesi) announced an increase to the National Minimum Wage which was first implemented on the 1st of January 2019. The increase of 3.8% will take effect on the 1st of March 2020. As per Government Notice No. R. 175 in Gazette…
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Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 1997 (Act No. 75 of 1997)
To give effect to the right to fair labour practices referred to in section 23(1) of the Constitution by establishing and making provision for the regulation of basic conditions of employment; and thereby to comply with the obligations of the Republic as a member state of the International Labour Organisation; and to provide for matters…
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New Parental Leave
Following the promulgation of various amendments to Labour Legislation late in 2018, we have been awaiting the much discussed “Paternity Leave” implementation. On the 29th of October 2019, the presidency, via Proclamation R. 56 in Government Gazette 42805 of 29 October 2019 silently announced the implementation of various parts of the Labour Laws Amendment Act,…
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Precautionary Suspension – Procedural Requirements
In the recent Constitutional Court Judgement between Allan Long and SAB (CCT 61/18), the highest court in the land held that where an employee is suspended as a precautionary measure in order to prevent interference with a pending investigation, there is no requirement that the employee be given an opportunity to make representations to the…
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Contract Cleaning Sector Minimum Wages – 2019
From the 1st of February 2019, the minimum wages for workers in the Contract Cleaning Sector will be increased. Additionally it must be noted that Area B (Kwazulu-Natal) falls under the Collective Agreement of the Bargaining Council for the Contract Cleaning Sector (BCCCI) and that the conditions of employment are different to the rest of…
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Labour Relations Act, 1995 (Act No. 66 of 1995)
To change the law governing labour relations and, for that purpose- to give effect to section 23 of the Constitution; to regulate the organisational rights of trade unions; to promote and facilitate collective bargaining at the workplace and at sectoral level; to regulate the right to strike and the recourse to lockout in conformity with…