Archive for January 2025
Bargaining Council for the Motor Industry – Extension to non-parties of various Collective Agreements
The Minister of Employment and Labour has declared that the Amending Main Collective Agreement and the Amending Administrative Collective Agreement, which were concluded in the Motor Industry Bargaining Council, as set out in the Schedule to these Notices, be extended to non-parties. This means that the conditions specified therein shall be binding on the parties…
Read MoreThe Department of Employment and Labour workplace inspection process
Labour Inspectors (Inspectors), appointed and empowered under Chapter 10 of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 75 of 1997 (BCEA), have the duty to ensure compliance with our various labour legislations. It is for this purpose that the Department of Employment and Labour has set up an Inspection and Enforcement Services Programme (IES) which aims…
Read MoreCollective Agreement extended to non-parties: National Bargaining Council for the Hairdressing, Cosmetology, Beauty and Skincare Industry
On 29 November 2024, the Minister of Employment and Labour published a notice that the Collective Agreement concluded in the National Bargaining Council for the Hairdressing, Cosmetology, Beauty, and Skincare Industry be extended to non-parties. This means the conditions specified therein shall be binding on the parties who concluded the collective agreement and the other…
Read MoreAbsenteeism
In the matter of MURRAY AND ROBERTS CEMENTATION (PTY) LTD V AMCU OBO DUBE AND OTHERS (JA96 / 2022) [2023] ZALAC 26 (18 OCTOBER 2023), the complexities of workplace absenteeism and disciplinary procedures were highlighted. The employee, an artisan assistant electrician employed since 17 January 2018, was dismissed on 7 November 2019, following a disciplinary…
Read MoreEmployment Equity Deadline
The Department of Employment and Labour has announced that employers are reminded that the deadline to submit their 2024 Employment Equity reports is Wednesday, 15 January 2025 at midnight. While President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the proclamation notice in November 2024, setting 1 January 2025 as the start date for the implementation of the Employment Equity…
Read MorePART TIME DOMESTIC WORKERS, EVEN THOSE WORKING ONE DAY A WEEK, MAY BE ENTITLED TO EMPLOYEE BENEFITS.
Households who employ the domestic services of cleaners, cooks, gardeners and pool men – even just once a week, that they could be legally liable for employee benefits if they rendered a service beyond 24 hours monthly. Domestic workers play a critical role in the machine that is South Africa, helping households with children, cooking,…
Read More15 JANUARY 2025 IS THE EMPLOYMENT EQUITY CUT OFF DATE
Big changes for South African companies with over 50 employees South Africa’s Employment Equity Amendment Act No.4 of 2022 (EEAA) came into operation on 1 January 2025, with big changes for companies that employ over 50 people. The new laws were signed into law by President Cyril Ramaphosa in April 2023 but took some time…
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