Tag: acts

  • National Minimum Wage Act, 2018 (Act No. 9 of 2018)

    To provide for a national minimum wage; to establish the National Minimum Wage Commission; to provide for the composition and functions of the National Minimum Wage Commission; to provide for the review and annual adjustment of the national minimum wage; to provide for exemption from paying the national minimum wage; and to provide for matters…

  • Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act No. 57 of 2002)

    To provide for- * an integrated and co-ordinated disaster management policy that focuses on preventing or reducing the risk of disasters, mitigating the severity of disasters, emergency preparedness, rapid and effective  response to disasters and post-disaster recovery and rehabilitation; * the establishment and functioning of national, provincial and municipal disaster manage­ment centres; * disaster management…

  • Employment Equity Act, 1998 (Act No. 55 of 1998)

    To provide for employment equity; and to provide for matters incidental thereto. Recognising- that as a result of apartheid and other discriminatory laws and practices, there are disparities in employment, occupation and income within the national labour market; and that those disparities create such pronounced disadvantages for certain categories of people that they cannot be…

  • Mine Health and Safety Act, 1996 (Act No. 29 of 1996)

    To provide for protection of the health and safety of employees and other persons at mines and, for that purpose- to promote a culture of health and safety; to provide for the enforcement of health and safety measures; to provide for appropriate systems of employee, employer and State participation in health and safety matters; to…