EARNINGS THRESHOLD

EARNINGS THRESHOLD

EARNINGS THRESHOLD The Minister of Employment and Labour, in terms of Section 6 (3) of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, No. 75 of 1997, (the Act), determine that all employees earning in excess of R211 596.30 (two hundred and…

EMPLOYMENT EQUITY

EMPLOYMENT EQUITY

EMPLOYMENT EQUITY EMPLOYMENT EQUITY REPORTING ENTERS A NEW ERA Employers are required to submit their Employment Equity reports to the Department of Labour not later than the first working day of October this year. Employers who employ 150 or more…

CCMA AND DRC HEARINGS EMPLOYERS

CCMA AND DRC HEARINGS EMPLOYERS

CCMA AND DRC HEARINGS EMPLOYERS INTERESTING ISSUES ADDRESSED IN CURRENT CCMA AND DRC HEARINGS EMPLOYERS MUST TAKE NOTE OF Where disciplinary charges are being investigated against an employee, and the employer wants to suspend the employee for a limited period…

NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE

NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE

NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE In Regulation Gazette No. 77168, 08 February 2021, Vol. 668 No.the minister declared that the national minimum wage is now raised to R21.69 for each ordinary hour. The national minimum wage is the amount payable for the ordinary hours…

CORONAVIRUS PAYMENTS AND RULES

CORONAVIRUS PAYMENTS AND RULES

CORONAVIRUS PAYMENTS AND RULES Employers Obligations Section 8 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (Act 85 of 1993) prescribes under the general duties of employers to their employees, the following: Section 8(1) stipulates that the employer is obligated to…

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…

NEWSLETTER – DECEMBER 2018

NEWSLETTER – DECEMBER 2018

First and foremost, I wish everyone well over the festive season.  If anyone is going to be travelling please be alert, sober and cautious.  If you are working over this period, I trust that the trading will be plentiful and…