1. This communication is compliant with all Directives and Regulations, particularly those issued by the Minister of Employment and Labour and the Minister of Public Service and Administration, issued in terms of section 27(2) of the Disaster Management Act and in terms of the authority vested in the Director…...
Covid-19: Employee Rights
Whether or not employees are required to continue working during the national lockdown depends on whether the employer provides an essential service or a service that provides essential goods. In the wake of the announcement of the national shutdown, the Minister of Employment and Labour has announced the introduction of…...
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EASY – AID GUIDE FOR EMPLOYERS FOR UIF BENEFITS
The Minister of Employment and Labour has announced measures that the Department will put in place to contain the spread of the Corona virus (COVID-19) and its impact on UIF contributors. The Unemployment Insurance Fund will compensate affected workers through its existing the Illness and Reduced Work Time benefits.…...
Managing employee absenteeism in the face of Corona virus (Covid-19)
Credit for this post goes to Ms Myrna Sachs - Head of Alexander Forbes Health Management Solutions. Employers need to make sure company policies on absenteeism in the workplace are in place and updated. They should consider how to identify persons who may be at risk, and support them, without…...
New National Minimum Wage Effective 1 March 2020
The minister of labour has gazetted South Africa’s new minimum wage which will take effect from 1 March 2020. The gazette states that the new national minimum wage is R20.76 – an increase of 3.8%. As with the original minimum wage introduced on 1 January 2019, the gazette also outlines…...
Parental Leave: Detailed Explanation
In December 2019 President Ramaphosa confirmed the effective date for Parental Leave to be the 1st of January 2020. This means employees may apply for Parental Leave and claim UIF. What does this mean practically for employers and employees? Parents that do not qualify for maternity leave or adoptive leave,…...
All you need to know about SA’s improved UIF benefits
January 2017, former President Jacob Zuma assented to the Unemployment Insurance Amendment Act of 2016, and on 23 November 2018, President Cyril Ramaphosa signed into law the Labour Laws Amendment Act of 2018, paving the way for the implementation of the Unemployment Insurance Amendment Act from January 2019. The act…...
Labour department engages agriculture sector
The Department of Labour is set to engage farmworkers, farmers and labour tenants to assess the working conditions and level of compliance with various pieces of labour legislations. "Whilst there are many model compliant employers in the agricultural sector, unfortunately, there are still too many cases of non-compliance and near…...
Parental leave benefits amended for employees
Under the Basic Condition of Employment Act (BCEA), employees who wish to access the revised parental leave benefits of 10 days per annum are now able to do so with full rights. This revised benefits, published on 23 December 2019 in Gazette 42925, came into effect on 1 January 2020.…...