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As we approach the cut-off date for the Lockdown, we have been inundated with calls relating to strategy and steps to be taken going forward.
Read more “National Lockdown – What Now? – 2nd Update”
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Following our earlier communication in this regard, please be advised of the following information as relates to the planned Lockdown:
Read more “National Lockdown – What Now? – 1st Update”
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Following the announcement last night [23 March 2020 – Attached Hereto] by President Ramaphosa as relates to the Lockdown it has become clear that the impact on businesses and, by extension, our clients, will be far reaching. It is necessary to find a balance between the economic interests of all the Citizens of South Africa and the Health and Safety of those same Citizens and to that end we support the decision by the President to take drastic steps to Flatten the Curve.
Read more “National Lockdown – What Now?”
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UPDATED!!!! On the 18th of February 2020, the Minister for Labour and Employment (Thulas Nxesi) announced an increase to the National Minimum Wage which was first implemented on the 1st of January 2019. The increase of 3.8% will take effect on the 1st of March 2020.
Read more “Increase to National Minimum Wage – March 2020”
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Following the promulgation of various amendments to Labour Legislation late in 2018, we have been awaiting the much discussed “Paternity Leave” implementation.
Read more “New Parental Leave”
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On the 20th of June 2019, the MEIBC Announced it’s annual wage increase which is valid from the 1st of July 2019 to the 30th of June 2020.
Read more “MEIBC Wage Increases – 2019/20”
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In the recent Constitutional Court Judgement between Allan Long and SAB (CCT 61/18), the highest court in the land held that where an employee is suspended as a precautionary measure in order to prevent interference with a pending investigation, there is no requirement that the employee be given an opportunity to make representations to the employer.
Read more “Precautionary Suspension – Procedural Requirements”
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From the 1st of February 2019, the minimum wages for workers in the Contract Cleaning Sector will be increased. Additionally it must be noted that Area B (Kwazulu-Natal) falls under the Collective Agreement of the Bargaining Council for the Contract Cleaning Sector (BCCCI) and that the conditions of employment are different to the rest of the Country.
Given the current proliferation of trade unions within the Contract Cleaning Sector it is also likely that individual business may be required, by virtue of collective agreements of their clients being extended, to pay higher minimum wages than those listed in the Sectoral Determination 1.
Read more “Contract Cleaning Sector Minimum Wages – 2019”
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From the 3rd of December 2018, the minimum wages for a domestic worker will be increased, this increase is only valid until the new National Minimum Wage takes effect from the 1st of January 2019.
Who is covered by the Sectoral Determination for Domestic Workers?
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Following the president signing the much anticipated amendments to South African Labour Legislation into law on the 23rd of November 2018, these amendments were gazetted on the 27th of November 2018 and we herewith provide a brief summary of the biggest changes that take effect from the 1st of January 2019: Read more “Summary of Amendments to Labour Legislation”