The Department of Labour says the Employment Equity (EE) Amendment Bill and Regulations is proposing the establishment of sectoral targets to enable employers to transform workplaces.
Department of Labour Deputy Director of the Employment Equity (EE) Directorate, Masilo Lefika, said the EE amendments and Regulations have proposed for the establishment of 18 sectors as per the [more…]
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 bodies comply with certain standards when collecting, processing, storing and sharing personal information. While POPI has yet to come into effect, there have been some developments moving it [more…]
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 (”B-BBEE”). The Revised B-BBEE Codes, published in October 2013, detail how B-BBEE scores are to be measured for purposes of the B-BBEE Act, taking into account:
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 not fall under S77 of the LRA and has not been approved by NEDLAC in terms of the Labour Relations Act and therefore it will be within the [more…]
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 justify the reason for it being a fixed term contract (e.g. build this house, install this pipe-line).
This ruling does not apply to employees earning over R17 120 per month. [more…]
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 as permanent staff.
The landmark ruling will change the nature of labour broking in SA.
Recent amendments to the Labour Relations Act (LRA) dictate that [more…]
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 workers head for the picket line, but the biggest loser is labour.
In 2017 workers lost R251m in wages, compared with R161m in 2016, a 56% increase. Industrial action [more…]
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 protest against rising fuel prices.
In May the petrol price increased by 82c a litre and went up a further 26c earlier this month. Diesel and paraffin increased by [more…]
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 to the fourth industrial revolution, employers need to be aware of the changing risks that business will face. With technology, we spend more time in meetings, at our desks [more…]
The South African Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) yesterday tabled a list of grievances to back up its plan of mobilising members to stage a protest against the Joburg city council.
Although falling [more…]
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 of trade unions have signed the public sector wage agreement, meaning that it will be implemented. The Public Service Coordinating Bargaining Council (PSCBC) issued a statement on Friday saying that 65.74% [more…]
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 in the private sector, where the white population occupies about 72% of top management positions.
According to the Commission for Employment Equity’s annual report, just more than 73% of top [more…]
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 (PSCBC) supporting the offer.
A majority of 50%+1 employee agreement is required to implement the deal.
“We are awaiting Nehawu (National Education Health and Allied Workers Union) to finalise their [more…]
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 the authority to exercise all of the powers and perform any of the functions of the company, except to the extent that the Companies Act or the [more…]
At a strategic study of the Joburg Metro in 2015 Cofesa’s team predicted a water crisis and urged government to bring water from the north to the Joburg Metro. We saw the opportunity to also bring trade and tourism to the Metro. This concept was published in NEPAD’S yearbook as ‘Trans Africa [more…]
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 apartheid past, the Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday.
In a 27-page unanimous judgment, the Constitutional Court ruled that the order made by the Labour Appeal Court be set aside.
In [more…]
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, founder and executive director of Black Suppliers, which focuses on the development of emerging building service providers, argued that the R20 an hour NMW was too high for the [more…]
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, associate at SchoemanLaw, who notes that the new system will introduce a ‘point system’ which will penalise drivers for traffic violations.
Traffic violations result in points being allocated to a [more…]
