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IT DOES APPEAR THERE IS SOME MOVEMENT WITH VARIOUS BILLS IN PARLIAMENT Firstly the National Minimum Wage which makes provision for the introduction of the minimum wage of twenty rand per hour which the Cabinet still believes is due to…
HERE WE GO AGAIN Every year at the end of September the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on labour prepares it budgetary review and commentary. Every year, the Auditor General of South Africa assesses the various departments, and in particular the Department…
HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY NEW MINIMUM WAGES AS FROM THE 01ST JULY 2017 The Department of Labour has implemented the minimum wage schedule, which is applicable as from the 01st July 2017. This is applicable for all industries in the Hospitality Sector…
EMPLOYEES DEPARTURE As of late, Eskom has managed to focus every employers mind on how and why an employee leaves their employ. The troubles emanating from Eskom have shown all of us that one needs to be absolutely positive as…
LABOUR LAW UPDATE: MARCH 2017 The Department of Labour which is supposed to play a significant role in reducing unemployment, poverty and inequality through pursuing the objectives of full and productive employment and decent work for all seems to be…
LABOUR UPDATE: FEBRUARY 2017 It has been a slow start to 2017 in the industrial relations sense. Thankfully, this has meant that we have had few strikes and no major retrenchments. On the legislative side, there is pending legislation with…
A lot has transpired in the labour front over the past month. As everyone is aware, the expert working group on the national minimum wage has made a proposal of three thousand five hundred rand per month as a minimum…
EMOLUMENTS ATTACHMENT ORDERS After the judgment given by Judge Desai in the University of Stellenbosch legal aid case there has been much confusion with regard to the garnishee orders. There has been a suggestion to amend the Magistrates Court Act…
YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT I strongly believe, after having practised labour law for thirty-five years and been extremely involved with, small businesses are the proper conduit for the youth to enter the job market. With the stringent labour laws and harsh regulatory…
WE RUN THE RISK OF BEING RELEGATED TO JUNK STATUS IF WE DON’T CREATE MORE JOBS S & P have warned us that unless we get our labour situation correct we run the extreme risk when the next review is…
