Steps in the disciplinary process
According to the Labour Relations Act (the LRA) the basic steps required to conduct a fair disciplinary hearing includes: The Code of Good Practice: Dismissals, issued in terms of the …
What should be included in employment contracts?
Section 29 of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act (BCEA) determines that: An employer must supply an employee with the following particulars in writing when employment commences — It should …
Can an employer recover losses from employees’ pension moneys?
The short answer is yes. Section 37D (1)(b)(ii) of the Pension Funds Act 24 of 1956 allows employers to request the pension fund to withhold or deduct members’ pension benefits …
Can we do background checks on recruits?
Employers are often charmed by applicants, that they neglect doing background checks before employing them. This is however, a crucial procedure in preventing fraud against the company. In seeking to …
The new National Minimum Wage for 2023 announced
The new National Minimum Wage (NMW) hourly rates were published by the Minister of Employment and Labour on 21 February 2023, in terms of section 6(5) of the National Minimum …
New earnings threshold announced – 1 March 2023
The threshold is used when determining the level of “protection” or “automatic rights” which an employee is afforded in terms of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act (BCEA), etc. So …
Which acts must be displayed at work? (… and can’t they make them smaller?)
Do you display the required “legal wall charts”? Do you know what these are? Do you know which you need and why you need it? Businesses need to display a …