Nation-wide protest action

By Ubuntu Resource Management | October 4, 2024

COSATU gave notice to NEDLAC of their intention to embark on nation-wide protest action on Monday, 7 October 2024. What does this mean for employers? The intended protest action stems from COSATU’s demand some years ago “that retrenchments to maximize profits must stop”. COSATU alleges that since then “we have seen the number of retrenchments increase at…

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Earnings Threshold R 254371,67 per year

By Ubuntu Resource Management | May 27, 2024

The earnings threshold impacts the application of provisions of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 1997 (BCEA), the Labour Relations Act, 1995 (LRA) and the Employment Equity Act, 1998 (EEA). In terms of the BCEA, employees earning in excess of the earnings threshold are excluded from the provisions, which regulate ordinary hours of work, overtime,…

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ELECTION DAY 2024

By Ubuntu Resource Management | May 23, 2024

The upcoming Election Day on Wednesday, 29 May 2024, has been declared a public holiday throughout the Republic of South Africa.  Employers are reminded that it should be treated the same as any other public holiday. For most employees (i.e., those who work a regular week), Election Day would otherwise have been an ordinary working…

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