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As of 1 April 2024, South Africans will see the implementation of the increased annual earnings threshold determined by the Minister of Employment and Labour (Minister) in the amount of [...]

The Office of the President has confirmed that in terms of section 49(2) of the Constitution, read with section 17 of the Electoral Act 73 of 1998, President Cyril Ramaphosa has proclaimed [...]

Section 12H of the Income Tax Act provides tax incentives to employers who employ people on learnerships. Here’s how it works: 1.  Learnership Agreement:  The employer and the employee [...]

On Friday, 12 May 2023, the Minister published the draft five-year sectoral numerical targets for the identified national economic sectors allowing interested parties 30 days to comment.  [...]

National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa obo Mvotyo / Transnet Freight Rail – Eastern Cape – (2024) 33 TBC 8.18.1 also reported at [2024] 1 BALR 12 (TBC) Subject [...]

In the recent case of Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union v UASA (Formerly named the United Association of South Africa) and Others [2023] 11 BLLR 1134 (LAC) the Labour Appeal Court [...]

Item 4(1) of schedule 8 (Code of Good Practice: Dismissal) of the Labour Relations Act (“The LRA”) 66 of 1995 provides that the employer should conduct an investigation to determine whether there [...]

In one of the first reportable judgments of 2024, SAA v NUMSA & SACCA, the Labour Court has sent a strong message to Unions which litigate in the Commission for Conciliation, [...]

In the case of NUM OBO MPETE AND OTHERS V MATYOLO AND ANOTHER (JR 755/2019) [2023] ZALCJHB 62 (14 MARCH 2023) the employees were dismissed in December 2017 for participating in an unprotected [...]