Labour law experts Ryan King and Pilot Ngake discuss everything you need to know about the new minimum wage in South Africa, signed into law in February 2019. Find out how it affects your business (17mins):
New minimum wage in South Africa
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Consequences of disregarding picketing rules
The retailer Dis-Chem has made headlines with a worker strike that resulted in the Labour Court barring union members from picketing and protesting outside the retailer's stores until 27 February 2019. This ruling made a statement on the transformation of collective bargaining in South Africa. Labour laws in practice The right to picket can be traced back to Section 17 of South Africa’s Constitution (1996) which provides that everybody (strikers and their supporters) has the right to collect,...
Proving Your Case: Know Your Elements Of Misconduct
Proving an employee’s guilt to a specific offense is like baking a cake: If you don’t put in the right ingredients, the cake will flop. To know which ingredients you must put in, you must have a recipe, which tells you exactly what, and how much off a certain ingredient is needed. Similarly, in the Labour Law, a specific misconduct requires specific elements to be proven to find an employee guilty on a balance of probabilities. Therefore, if an employer does not know what the specific...
Yes To Y.E.S Initiative
The Youth Employment Services (Y.E.S) initiative was gazetted on 28 August 2018 with an accompanying practice note on 12 October 2018. This initiative will be run and monitored by the Yes-4-Youth non-profit organisation. Should an entity wish to implement and take part in the Y.E.S Initiative they need to register on the Yes-4-Youth website at: www.yes4youth.co.za. If you do not register on this website you will not be able to claim the enhancement for your Broad – Based Black Economic...
When Do You Lose Your Right To Sought Relief?
As per Section 56 of the Consumer Protection Act 2011 (CPA), a consumer, as defined in the CPA, has the right to a refund, repair or replacement of goods. This is only up to a certain point. This right may only be exercised within 6 months of the date of transaction and if the goods are of inferior quality, unsafe or defective. What can be done in the event of a vehicle break-down within 6 months of purchase? In terms of the CPA, a consumer’s first step in resolution is to attempt to resolve...
When Will I Not Need To Comply With The Requirements Necessary To Obtain In A B-BBEE certificate Or Affidavit?
Clients’ most frequent question is when the day will come when B-BBEE is something of the past. As per the quote by Albert Einstein: "If you want to know the future, look at the past." The South African government introduced the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act 53 of 2003 (BEE Act) in 2003. The Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Amendment Act 46 of 2013 was introduced in 2014 to insert specific definitions to amend others, clarify interpretation and to strengthen the evaluation...