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...
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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 includes the National Minimum Wage Act 9 of 2018, which came into effect on 1 January 2019, and regulations in terms…
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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 Court was required to decide whether ABC (Pty) Ltd (Taxpayer) could claim the employment tax incentive (ETI) in terms of the Employment…
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
