by VDT Attorneys | May 16, 2021 | Dispute resolution, Employee, Employer, Employment law, Labour, Labour law
The Minister of Employment and Labour recently published the new earnings threshold in terms of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act 75 of 1997 (BCEA) to be effective as of 1 March 2021. This increases the BCEA earnings threshold to R211 596.30 per annum (or a...
by VDT Attorneys | Mar 5, 2021 | Employment law, Labour law, Vicarious liability
You might be questioning what this foreign concept entails. Vicarious liability is governed by South African common law and previous case law which has developed the position over the years. The general rule of this principle is that an employer can be held liable for...
by VDT Attorneys | Aug 13, 2020 | Employment law, Equality, Equity, Reasonable accommodation
Article 2 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (hereinafter the “Convention”) provides that discrimination on the basis of disability is any distinction, exclusion or restriction on the basis of disability which has the purpose or effect of...
by VDT Attorneys | Jul 13, 2020 | Agriculture, Employment law, Farmers, Labour law
The Inspection and Enforcement Services unit conducts these inspections with the view to enforce all labour laws in order to promote sound labour practices and improved working conditions, including the implementation of the new minimum wages for farmworkers. South...
by VDT Attorneys | May 29, 2020 | Employment law, Retrenchments
Retrenchments in brief Every employee has the right not to be unfairly retrenched. An employee is unfairly retrenched if the employer does not have fair reason for retrenching the employee, or if a fair procedure is not followed: Fair reasons for retrenching an...
