Do not retrench if operational circumstances do not merit it Section 213 of the LRA indicates that the reasons for retrenchment may be based on the economic, technological, structural or similar needs of the employer. It is necessary to look at each of these reasons more closely. Typically, economic reasons given for the need for […]
It would be safe to say that the national government has a role to play in job creation by creating an environment conducive for the business community to create jobs. The ANC-led government, unfortunately, has not created an environment conducive to job creation and the new government is going to have a long road to […]
South Africa commemorates National Disability Rights Awareness Month between 3 November and 3 December every year. According to the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Disability Rights Awareness Month presents “an opportunity for all of us to remove these barriers and to improve the quality of life of people with disabilities through concrete […]
Minister of Employment and Labour, T.W. Nxesi invites the media to a briefing on the application to set aside the R5 Billion-rand agreement with Thuja. The Minister will brief the public and the media on the latest processes and actions that he has taken to set the agreement aside Since the outbreak of the story by the media […]
Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi has been fingered as a person of interest for the Hawks and the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) following an investigation into fresh allegations of corruption involving approximately R3-billion. This after a senior government official who has turned whistleblower drafted an explosive affidavit implicating Thulas Nxesi and his former director-general (DG), Thobile […]
A high-ranking official who has blown the whistle on alleged corruption and also frustrated the approval of payments worth R3-billion in the department of employment and labour is fearing for her life after receiving death threats The official has made allegations of theft, fraud and racketeering against employment and labour Minister Thulas Nxesi in an explosive affidavit […]
The law defines what constitutes unfair discrimination in differentiating between the terms and conditions of employment of employees The amended section to 6(4) of the Employment Equity Act provides that it is unfair discrimination for an employer to differentiate between the terms and conditions of employment of its employees if these differences are based on […]
The director-general of the Department of Labour and Employment, Thobile Lamati, has resigned. His resignation follows reports of backing a controversial project to channel billions from the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) into a private investment company, as part of a job creation scheme. Lamati conveyed the news to his top management in a WhatsApp message […]
The Basic Conditions of Employment Act (BCEA) recognises that employees are entitled to sick leave and that producing a medical certificate is justification for a period of absence in certain circumstances. But a medical certificate produced by an employee to justify a period of absence constitutes hearsay evidence, which employers are entitled to challenge. That […]
Trade union Solidarity is set to file a formal complaint with the UN against the South African government, citing violations of international standards against racial discrimination. The organisation asserts that these laws, including the Employment Equity Amendment Act, sectoral targets, and tourism equity fund laws, among others, not only violate international standards against racial discrimination […]