Food in the Workplace

Food in the Workplace

Food in the Workplace An employer must give an employee who works continuously for more than five hours an unpaid meal interval of at least one continuous hour. During a meal interval the employee may be required or permitted to…

Don’t leave your holiday rights to chance

Don’t leave your holiday rights to chance

Don’t leave your holiday rights to chance It is important to again look at leave as contained in the Basic Conditions of Employment Act (BCOEA) and other legislation. As the holiday season approaches, I am receiving many varied requests about…

Regulation of working time – Michael Bagraim

Regulation of working time – Michael Bagraim

CANNABIS IN THE WORKPLACE Every employee is either subject to a contract of employment or terms and conditions applied to a specific job or industry. Most employees have their working time regulated by the Basic Conditions of Employment Act of…

NEWSLETTER – MARCH 2019

NEWSLETTER – MARCH 2019

As we move into the new financial year, we see many of the commissions of enquiry set up by governments coming into their own.  The various commissions are digging up more and more dirt against senior management of all the…

NEWSLETTER – JANUARY 2019

NEWSLETTER – JANUARY 2019

As we enter 2019, we are already finding many retrenchments as the economy had a very slow start. The implementation of the National Minimum Wage Act is going to hit many businesses hard and businesses need to understand that if…