by VDT Attorneys | Feb 12, 2019 | Child, Employment, Family, Labour
In terms of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 75 of 1997 (“BCEA”) a father is currently only entitled to three days paid family responsibility leave. In November 2018 a new Labour Laws Amendment Act (“Amendment Act”) was signed into law. The Amendment Act...
by VDT Attorneys | Feb 12, 2019 | Dispute resolution, Employment, Labour
The short answer is that you can be fired. This is based on the premise that the nature of an employment relationship is one of trust which requires an employee to show utmost good faith towards the employer. Accordingly, our labour laws recognise that an act which is...
by VDT Attorneys | Nov 9, 2018 | Contract, Employment, Labour
The Department of Labour has recently published the Employment Equity Amendment Bill 2018 with the aim of more aggressively targeting transformation in the workplace. Some of the significant amendments to look out for are contained in amendments to sections 53 and...
by VDT Attorneys | Oct 4, 2018 | BEE, Employment
On 28 August 2018 the Youth Employment Service Initiative (“YES. Initiative”) within Code Series 000, Statement 000 of the Amended BEE Codes of Good Practice was published in the Government Gazette and became effective immediately. The YES Initiative is an initiative...
by VDT Attorneys | Sep 10, 2018 | Employment, Labour
You are correct in that a recent Constitutional Court judgment has confirmed that any employee earning below R205 433.30 annually and who has been placed by a Labour Broker for a period of more than three months with a client may be deemed to be an employee of such...
by VDT Attorneys | Jul 12, 2018 | Employment, Equity, Labour
In the recent judgment by our Constitutional Court, the court was called on to decide whether one employee’s reference to another as “swart man” was racist and derogatory. In making its determination, the sentiments of the late former President Nelson Mandela was...
