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Is it a good idea to start a business in a recession?

Even in a recession, the right time to start a business is now It is no secret that most of the globe is in a dire recession following the wrath of the Covid-19 pandemic. The world has seen mass retrenchments, liquidations and business rescue. Anyone may say – you must …

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by Nicolene Schoeman-Louw

Basic Conditions of Employment Act 75 of 1997; National Minimum Wage Act 9 of 2018 & Regulations 3e

About this publication This pocket-sized book contains the updated text of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act 75 of 1997, regulations and Codes of Good Practice, and the National Minimum Wage Act 9 of 2018 and regulations in terms thereof. This third edition …

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Proposed amendments to the Employment Tax Incentive Act: A win-win for employers and employees

To encourage employment across specific sectors in South Africa, the Employment Tax Incentive Scheme (ETI Programme) was introduced. Since 2014, this ETI Programme was structured...

Proposed amendments to the Employment Tax Incentive Act: A win-win for employers and employees

President Ramaphosa calls for new social compact

Delivering the State of the Nation Address in parliament, president Ramaphosa called for a new social compact in South Africa. Durable partnerships needed to be forged...

Tax Alert: South Africa’s employment tax incentive

The high levels of unemployment in South Africa, in particular unemployment in the youth, led to the introduction of the employment tax incentive (“ETI”) scheme...

by Tanya Pollak and Carmen Moss-Holdstock

Poverty wages – Exceptions and uncertainties concerning the NMWA

With the arrival of 2019, we saw the National Minimum Wage Act No. 9 of 2018 (“NMWA”) come into effect, which has not pleased those...

by VDMA Attorneys

Poverty wages – Exceptions and uncertainties concerning the NMWA

Basic Conditions of Employment Act 75 of 1997; National Minimum Wage Act 9 of 2018 & Regulations

This pocket-sized book contains the updated text of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act 75 of 1997, Regulations and Codes of Good Practice. It also...

Win for the employer: Judgment on the Employment Tax Incentive Act

In the recent case of ABC (Pty) Ltd v The Commissioner for the South African Revenue Service (Case No 14426) (as yet unreported), the Tax...

Win for the employer: Judgment on the Employment Tax Incentive Act

Labour Relations: Important new legislation of 2018

The Labour Relations Amendment Act, Basic Conditions of Employment Amendment Act & the National Minimum Wage Act. 2018 drew to a close and as we herald...

by Strauss Daly Attorneys

Labour Relations: Important new legislation of 2018

Minimum wage and paternal leave addressed

After much anticipation, President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed the National Minimum Wage Bill and the Labour Laws Amendment Bill into law. These laws will bring about...

by Pascale de Froberville

Amendments to employment legislation and what employers can expect

There have been some interesting proposed amendments to existing employment legislation as well as the possible addition of new legislation. The Labour Laws Amendment Bill is...

by Talia Conversano

Amendments to employment legislation and what employers can expect

National Minimum Wage – New territory for South Africa and the CCMA

On the 29th of May 2018, the National Assembly passed the National Minimum Wage Bill, which seeks to improve the lives of South African’s falling...

by VDMA Attorneys

National Minimum Wage – New territory for South Africa and the CCMA

The challenge of setting a new national minimum wage

Recent strikes and protests regarding South Africa’s new national minimum wage have brought to the fore the challenge faced by those who were tasked with...

The challenge of setting a new national minimum wage

The National Minimum Wage Bill, 2017 and the proposed amendments to the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 2017

On Friday, 17 November 2017 the Department of Labour published the National Minimum Wage Bill, 2017 (“the NMW Bill”) and the Basic Conditions of Employment...

by Jayson Kent and Taryn York

The National Minimum Wage Bill, 2017 and the proposed amendments to the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 2017