Archive for January 2025
Bargaining Council for the Motor Industry – Extension to non-parties of various Collective Agreements
The Minister of Employment and Labour has declared that the Amending Main Collective Agreement and the Amending Administrative Collective Agreement, which were concluded in the Motor Industry Bargaining Council, as set out in the Schedule to these Notices, be extended to non-parties. This means that the conditions specified therein shall be binding on the parties…
Read MoreCollective Agreement extended to non-parties: National Bargaining Council for the Hairdressing, Cosmetology, Beauty and Skincare Industry
On 29 November 2024, the Minister of Employment and Labour published a notice that the Collective Agreement concluded in the National Bargaining Council for the Hairdressing, Cosmetology, Beauty, and Skincare Industry be extended to non-parties. This means the conditions specified therein shall be binding on the parties who concluded the collective agreement and the other…
Read MoreAbsenteeism
In the matter of MURRAY AND ROBERTS CEMENTATION (PTY) LTD V AMCU OBO DUBE AND OTHERS (JA96 / 2022) [2023] ZALAC 26 (18 OCTOBER 2023), the complexities of workplace absenteeism and disciplinary procedures were highlighted. The employee, an artisan assistant electrician employed since 17 January 2018, was dismissed on 7 November 2019, following a disciplinary…
Read MorePART TIME DOMESTIC WORKERS, EVEN THOSE WORKING ONE DAY A WEEK, MAY BE ENTITLED TO EMPLOYEE BENEFITS.
Households who employ the domestic services of cleaners, cooks, gardeners and pool men – even just once a week, that they could be legally liable for employee benefits if they rendered a service beyond 24 hours monthly. Domestic workers play a critical role in the machine that is South Africa, helping households with children, cooking,…
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