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 to find alternative transport until Wednesday when the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (Satawu) will announce whether striking drivers have accepted an improved salary offer.
Satawu [more…]
Cofesa has been invited to comment on the review of the property clause in the Constitution before 31 May 2018 on the expropriation of land in the public interest without compensation. The challenge is to change this threat into an opportunity to increase agricultural production, improve food security and enlarge the economy.
Members are invited to [more…]
African National Congress President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday called for equal pay for men and women in South Africa.
Ramaphosa was speaking at a Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) May Day Rally held at a packed Isaac Wolfson Stadium in Port Elizabeth where he was warmly received by the crowds.
“We [more…]
The Star reports that bus companies say that if they agree to the demands of striking workers, they might have to increase their fares. Bus drivers have been in a three-week-long strike over salary increases.
They are demanding a 9.5% salary hike, while the employers are offering a 9% [more…]
It goes without saying that employers need to be able to trust their employees. Trust is the cornerstone of any relationship, and an employment relationship is no exception. Employees and employers have very specific rights in terms of common law, as well as labour legislation, and balancing these rights is crucial to a fair and [more…]
When: Wednesday 25 April 2018
How: Section 77 of the Labour Relations Act (LRA) allows workers to undertake protected strike action to promote their social and economic interests. Saftu’s application to the Section 77 Sub-Committee of the National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac) was unsuccessful but three trade unions affiliated to Saftu; NUPSAW, ICTU and [more…]
The Protection of Personal Information (PoPI) Bill was enacted by Parliament early in 2014. This new Act will allow organisations only one year to comply from inception and some pretty strict penalties will be levied against organisations and individuals that intentionally continue to ignore the correct governance when interacting with individuals and their information. Over [more…]
Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant placed the responsibility for government’s inability to enact the laws which will animate the national minimum wage at the feet of the National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac) and Parliament.
Speaking to reporters in Cape Town on Monday evening, she said, however, that [more…]
The implementation of the national minimum wage could be postponed after interested parties warned that the process to give effect to the policy was in danger of not passing constitutional muster.
They have cautioned that if the legislation was rushed through Parliament, it risked being sent back by the Constitutional Court. Now, they have requested that [more…]
With the national minimum wage set to be implemented in just over a month, the government says that it hopes to have the bill governing the policy enacted in April and the 13-member minimum wage commission that will monitor the policy’s effectiveness appointed by May 1.
The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) is holding [more…]
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) have announced that they will be marching in Gauteng on Human Rights Day to protest against the proposed new labour laws that come into effect in May.
In a statement on Saturday, Numsa national spokesperson, Phakamile Hlubi-Majola, said the [more…]
We are regularly asked which posters must be displayed at the workplace of our clients and for that reason and are then asked if our clients should also buy a list of posters which are available at the local stationary store.
Regardless of what your local stationer may say, there are only two (2) summary posters [more…]
The Western Cape is currently in the grips of the worst drought it has suffered in 100 years. Dams in the Western Cape are currently at an average 24.2% of capacity and Level 6B water restrictions are currently underway. This requires that businesses reduce their monthly consumption of municipal drinking water by 45% compared to [more…]
There are now more people receiving social grants in SA than there are people with jobs.
Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba’s budget highlighted the predicament government finds itself in: there are 17.6 million people receiving grants, against the 16.2 million people with jobs in the country.
In 2001 there were 12.5 million people employed and just 4 million [more…]
For many companies, vetting job applicants is an essential practice in their hiring process. With the growing risk of fraud and deception in the application process and workplace overall, the need for simplified, fast and accurate results is of utmost importance. Through technology and innovation, optimum results has never been easier.
The use of technology in [more…]
More essential services gazetted to be precluded from strikes, possibly also old age homes and nursing homes.
An essential services declaration means a party to a dispute is precluded from participating in a strike or lock-out and must follow a specific conciliation-arbitration approach.
The following essential services proposals and designations have been gazetted:
A restraint of trade is an agreement between an employer and an employee, or a provision in an employment contract that restricts an employee from being employed by a competitor of the employer, or establishing a business in competition with the employer following termination of employment.
The Regulation of Interception of Communication and Provision of Communication-Related Information Act, 70 of 2002 (RICA) has become more commonly associated with cell phone sim card registrations. It is a generally unknown fact that RICA deals extensively with, in addition to the above, communications in the workplace.
RICA regulates an [more…]