Private Security Bargaining Council
The Registrar of Labour has approved the registration of a Bargaining Council for the Private Security Industry with effect from 01 July 2018. A wage agreement [more...]
Compliance with the Protection of Personal Information Act: are you ready?
The Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (or “POPI” as it has colloquially become known) promotes the protection of personal information by requiring that public and private [more...]
Further proposed changes to the generic B-BBEE Codes
Provided by: ENSafrica By: Leigh Lambrechts The South African Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act, 2003 (the “B-BBEE Act”) is the current framework regulating broad-based black economic empowerment [more...]
Protest action on 1 August 2018
This protest action is as far as we know not a trade union initiative but a ‘mass action campaign’ by women (The Total Shutdown’?) and therefore does [more...]
A Blow to Labour Brokers / TES with ConCourt Decision
Comment There is nothing to prevent an employer retaining the services of a ‘contractor’ on a fixed term contract lasting more than 3 months if they can [more...]
ConCourt ruling deals a blow to labour brokers
Labour brokers have been dealt a major blow after the Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday that they were not dual employers when their clients absorbed contract workers [more...]
There has to be a better, less expensive way to resolve labour disputes without resort to strikes
Theto Mahlakoana analyses the Department of Labour’s recently released 2017 Industrial Action report and concludes that the report shows once more that there are no winners when [more...]
Workers plan to shut down roads as another petrol price hike looms
City Press reports that a newly formed organisation called People Against Petrol and Paraffin Price Increases (Pappi) plans to shut down the country’s roads on Friday to [more...]
The impact of stress-related illnesses and psychological issues in the workplace
GoLegal - Provided by: Cowan-Harper • By: Shahnaaz Bismilla & Kerry Gantley The work environment has changed drastically over the last few years and as we transition [more...]
Samwu planning protest, strike in Joburg
Entities like clinics, libraries, Joburg Water, municipal police and Pikitup are allegedly ready to strike, but the city has received no such notice. The South African Municipal [more...]
Roundup on Monday, 11 June 2018 of weekend labour reports
TOP STORY – PUBLIC SECTOR WAGE DEAL Majority of unions sign public sector wage agreement, PSA’s ‘day of rage’ on Monday cancelled Fin24 reports that a majority [more...]
State leads the way in meeting employment equity targets
The public service has met employment equity targets for racial quotas, Public Service and Administration Minister Ayanda Dlodlo says. The government has been struggling to enforce transformation [more...]
Public sector wage deal inches closer as more unions sign
The public sector wage agreement is close to being a done deal, with 48% of workers represented by trade unions at the Public Service Coordinating Bargaining Council [more...]
Removing directors of a company
The Companies Act, 71 of 2008, requires that the business and affairs of any company be managed by or under the direction of its board, which has [more...]
Man who called colleague “swart man” living in apartheid past, ConCourt rules
A man who called a colleague "swart man (black man)" over parking space at work has shown that he has not made a break with the country's [more...]
Proposed minimum wage ‘too high for construction industry’
A construction industry stakeholder has warned of a looming crisis in the multibillion-rand sector if the proposed R20 an hour national minimum wage (NMW) is implemented. Gerald Ndlovu, [more...]
South Africa’s new road rules spell big trouble for anyone who drives for a living
Both individual employees and entire businesses are likely to suffer the effects of the latest AARTO amendment and incoming demerit system. This is according to Beata Warnich, [more...]
Satawu to engage workers on new offer as bus strike continues
The bargaining council and the CCMA have proposed an offer of 8.75 percent for the first year and 8.25 percent for the second. Bus commuters will have [more...]