A recent case settled by the Labour Court ruled in favour of an employee who was terminated due to reaching the “agreed retirement age” of that company – with a labour expert saying that this serves as an important lesson for employers to abide by their own policies. In 2019, a company (the respondent) took […]
The Minister of Employment and Labour is facing a crisis with his senior management and staff. By now it is well known to the public that both the biggest entities under the Department of Labour, namely the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) and the Workmen’s Compensation Fund, missed their audit and were unable to give proper […]
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 […]
Companies with more than 50 employees that do not comply risk penalties of up to R2.7m, or 2%-10% of annual turnover Stinging penalties and a bar on doing business with the state are in store for companies that fail to meet the new requirements of the Employment Equity Act. Due to an amendment bill to […]
Trade union Solidarity has provided screenshots from Eskom’s proposed Employment Equity Plan for 2023–2025 to prove the power utility has plans to get rid of 500 white male workers in the next two years. This comes after Eskom said in a statement on Friday, “there are neither plans nor decision to retrench any employees, whatever […]
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