Employment Law News

Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant has announced an upward adjustment to the minimum wage of farmworkers with effect from 1 March 2015.In terms of the new adjustments farmworkers will earn a minimum wage of R2 606.78 per month (2014/2015: R2 420.41); a weekly minimum wage of R601.61(2014/2015: R5...

During any retrenchment exercise employers are faced with the difficult task of choosing and applying fair and objective selection criteria. The Labour Relations Act, 1995 does not state expressly what selection criteria is fair and objective. Over the years, our courts have commonly accepted t...

After the festive season many employers will be left in the dark regarding the whereabouts of some of their employees that have failed to return to work in 2015.Did the employee find another job or is the employee absent as a result of illness or other circumstances beyond his control? The truth is ...

On 1 January 2015 the Labour Relations Amendment Act (No.6 of 2014) (LRAA) will take effect, with the exception of s37(c), and South African businesses will have to comply with the new obligations created in the the Act. The LRAA signals a move by government to streamline the country’s labour ...

And so you decide to throw caution to the winds and share a 'rationally offensive “joke”' via e-mail. Stop, think before you press the send button. You will, in all probability get fired. This is what happened to the applicant in Chetty v Toyota South Africa (Pty) Ltd and Others ...