Employment Law News

The Department of Labour has expressed happiness at the fact that President Jacob Zuma has acceded to legislative amendments to the Labour Relations Act following protracted engagements with social partners.Thembinkosi Mkalipi, acting deputy director-general for labour market policy, said the depart...

The applicant who had been employed as the national sales manager by the respondent, resigned on 27 November 2012, giving four months’ notice. At the time of his resignation he intended to start his own business as he was dissatisfied with the manner in which he was being treated by the respon...

The applicant who was employed by the respondent in 2000, retired and drew his retirement benefit in 2008.  He remained in the respondent’s employment and was retrenched on 1 April 2013.  The respondent paid the applicant 5 weeks’ severance pay and argued that the employee reti...

I had several employers approaching me last year in respect of annual leave, leave policies and compulsory shutdown operational and administrative requirements due to the festive season. However, the biggest question was in respect of leave accrued and can it be forfeited. Just before the festi...

Contract Cleaning workers and employers in the Northern Cape have proposed a minimum wage increase of R500-a-month for the sector in order to help workers catch up with the “runaway” standard of living, this emerged during the Department of Labour (DoL) run public hearings.The Department...