11 July 2024   The Department of Employment and Labour through the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) plans to recruit a further 360 000 unemployed people into skills development and employability enhancement programmes that will guarantee their employment at the end of their training period, said Minister Nomakhosazana Meth. She said this total, when achieved, will […]

The Department of Employment and Labour has recently revised its employment equity targets; including a renewed focus on senior and top management levels and replacing specific targets for African, coloured, Indian and white workers. Back in April 2023, President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the Employment Equity Amendment Act into law, which amended the Employment Equity Act of 1998. […]

For years now, more and more skilled South African professionals have found better work opportunities with international companies – specifically the United Kingdom (UK) – because South Africa is among their first choices for talent scouting. This is according to digital outsourcing and consulting firm Strider Digital, which sheds some light on this noticeable trend. […]

The Minister of Employment and Labour, Thulas Nxesi, has reissued draft regulations for sector-specific targets, granting interested parties a 90-day period to provide feedback on the proposals (reissued regulations focusing on employment equity targets). On Friday, May 12, 2023, the Minister released draft five-year sectoral numerical targets for the identified national economic sectors, providing interested […]

JOHANNESBURG – The Labour Department has released new proposed empowerment equity targets. It comes after heavy criticism of the targets published last year for public comment. There were concerns over the constitutionality of the categorisation of race groups. We get reaction from Cosatu Parliamentary Coordinator Mathew Parks.

Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi has announced a new National Minimum Wage (NMW) determination which will go up from R25,42 to R27,58 for each ordinary hour worked. In a statement on Saturday, the Department of Employment and Labour said the new NMW will come into effect from 1 March 2024. “The National Minimum Wage […]

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 […]