by VDT Attorneys | May 20, 2021 | Agri, Agriculture, Domestic worker, Employment, Labour, Labour law, Wages
The National Minimum Wage Act (NMWA) came into effect on the 1st January 2019 during which it prescribed a rate of R20 for each ordinary hour worked by specific employees covered by the NMWA. The National Minimum Wage (NMW) presents a rate or level below which an...
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 | Dec 3, 2019 | Employment, Labour, Reg of Verkeerd
Donald Fischer het op 19 November 2019 met Pieter Cloete gesels oor afleggings. Luister gerus weer na die interessante gesprek: http://bit.ly/Afleggings Of: https://iono.fm/e/779073 Skakel vir Donald by 012 – 452 1300 as jy kundige arbeidsregadvies...
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 | 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 | 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...
