by VDT Attorneys | May 13, 2019 | Business, Company, Employment, Labour, Unfair Labour Practice
Firstly, it is of importance to understand that a disciplinary warning is not a punishment. According to Schedule 8 of the Labour Relations Act, disciplinary warnings are to be used as a corrective measure to grant employees an opportunity to correct and improve their...
by VDT Attorneys | May 13, 2019 | Business, Commercial, Company, Corporate, Director, Employment
Firstly it must be understood that although the positions of director, shareholder and employee can all reside in one person, these positions are not all the same and have different legal responsibilities potentially linked to them. A director of a company is...
by VDT Attorneys | May 13, 2019 | BEE, Business, Commercial, Corporate, Employment, Labour, Skills, Skills development, Tax, Youth
A useful tax incentive for employing youth is ETI or Employee Tax Incentive. ETI allows you to benefit up to R12,000 per year for every qualifying youth you employ. ETI was introduced to help make it more affordable for businesses to appoint new staff and assist young...
by VDT Attorneys | Apr 11, 2019 | BEE, Business, Commercial, Employment, Youth
On 28 August 2018 the Youth Employment Service Initiative (“YES Initiative”) was published within Code Series 000, Statement 000 of the Amended BEE Codes of Good Practice and became effective with immediate effect. The YES Initiative in short, is aimed at creating...
by VDT Attorneys | Apr 11, 2019 | Consumer, Dispute resolution, Employment, Labour, Suspension
It is a general principle of our labour laws that dealings between an employer and an employee must be fair and reasonable in all aspects. This includes a decision by an employer whether to impose a suspension or not. There are two types of suspensions and it is...
by VDT Attorneys | Mar 11, 2019 | Company, Employment, Labour
You are correct that a new national wage dispensation came into effect on 1 January 2019 with the passing of the National Minimum Wage Act (“Act”). This Act was promulgated to specifically address large disparities in income that exist in our labour market. The Act...
