Category: Labour Law Articles
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Increase to the BCEA Earnings Threshold – 2024
As of the 27th of February 2024, it has been Gazetted in Government Notice No. 4468 in Government Gazette 50254 of 5 March 2024, by the Minister of Employment and Labour (Mr. Thembelani Waltermade Nxesi), that the new earnings threshold is an amount of R 254 371.67 and will take effect from the 1st of…
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Increase to National Minimum Wage – March 2024
On the 2nd of February 2024, the Minister for Labour and Employment (Thembelani Waltermade Nxesi) announced an increase to the National Minimum Wage as well as the Minimum Wage for the Contract Cleaning Sector in terms of the National Minimum Wage Act, 2018 (as amended from 1 March 2024). This increase will take effect on…
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National Minimum Wage Act, 2018 (Act No. 9 of 2018)
To provide for a national minimum wage; to establish the National Minimum Wage Commission; to provide for the composition and functions of the National Minimum Wage Commission; to provide for the review and annual adjustment of the national minimum wage; to provide for exemption from paying the national minimum wage; and to provide for matters…
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Increase to National Minimum Wage – March 2023
On the 21st of February 2023, the Minister for Labour and Employment (Thembelani Waltermade Nxesi) announced an increase to the National Minimum Wage as well as the Minimum Wage for the Contract Cleaning Sector in terms of the National Minimum Wage Act, 2018. This increase will take effect on the 1st of March 2023. As…
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Increase to the BCEA Earnings Threshold – 2023
As of the 20th of February 2023, it has been Gazetted in Government Notice No. 3067 in Government Gazette 48092 of 20 Febryary 2022, by the Minister of Employment and Labour (Mr. Thembelani Waltermade Nxesi), that the new earnings threshold is an amount of R 241 110.59 will take effect from the 1st of March…
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Payment of Employees during Loadshedding
With South Africa in the midst of the worst loadshedding it has seen to date and the outlook being that this will not be resolved in the coming months, it has become necessary to revisit the issue of the impact which this has on business. It is trite that many businesses cannot provide its full…
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Cannabis and the Employment Context – Update
Following an earlier opinion I provided on the Impact on the Constitutional Court’s Judgement legalising the use of Cannabis in the Workplace, there has now been sufficient time for the courts to determine the effect of that Judgement in the Workplace. Read my earlier opinion here The Labour Court pronounced on the issue in the…
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Strike Season 2022 stands to be one of the most difficult to date
As we enter into the annual Strike Season, with wage negotiations now either already under-way or starting shortly, it may be necessary to reflect on the harsh realities faced by business in the current economic climate.
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National Lockdown – What Now? – 19th Update
With the end finally in sight and the looming decision to bring the National State of Disaster to an end, herewith the latest Regulations in terms of the Disaster Management Act: Download Updated Regulations Here
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Increase to the BCEA Earnings Threshold – 2022
As of the 9th of February 2022, it has been Gazetted in Government Notice No. 1736 in Government Gazette 45890 of 9 Febryary 2022, by the Minister of Employment and Labour (Mr. Thembelani Waltermade Nxesi), that the new earnings threshold is an amount of R 224 080.48 will take effect from the 1st of March…