A host of amendments to the Employment Equity Act, No 55 of 1998 (EEA) came into operation on 1 August 2014.Among the amendments, are the amendments made to s21 of the EEA. Section 21 is concerned with the report detailing the employment equity plan and progress made in implementing the plan.Prior t...
Read moreThis procedure has as its base the procedure published by the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration. We have taken the procedure and used it as a base, modifying or re-vamping where we thought necessary in order to make it more user friendly or to clarify certain aspects. ...
Read moreWhat is absent or absenteeism? What does it mean and can I overlook it or should I deal with it? What will happen if I don't deal with it? What harm can it do if an employee is a few minutes late? Questions, questions and more questions - but the most dominant consideration is usually that "...
Read moreThis section in particular requires consultation between the employer and the committee with a new method to initiating, developing, promoting, maintaining and reviewing measures to ensure health and safety. If you have only one representative he/she should then report directly to the Chief Executiv...
Read moreEmployers received clarification on the rules applicable to equal pay when the Minister of Labour published the new Employment Equity Regulations on Friday, 1 August 2014. This is according to Johan Botes, Director in the Employment practice at Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr. He explains that the previous re...
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