The Department of Employment and Labour listed the critical professions affected the most by skills shortages in South Africa and, therefore, benefitting the most from skilled foreigners. This was revealed in a recent parliamentary Q&A, in which the Minister of Employment and Labour – Thulas Nxesi – was asked whether there are any critical skills […]

Image source: Christina Morillo from Pexels The Employment Equity Amendment Act (EEAA) introduced significant changes to the Employment Equity Act (EEA), including the removal of the annual turnover threshold for designated employers and the empowerment of the Minister of Employment and Labour to set numerical employment equity targets for each national economic sector. Recap The Employment […]

Minister of Employment and Labour Thulas Nxesi Nxesi has urged businessman Mthunzi Mdwaba to bring evidence in court that he is implicated in the R500 million kickback scandal with other ministers. Mdwaba has named Nxesi, Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana, and ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula as four politicians who tried to solicit a […]

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 […]

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 […]