Tag: Employment Law

Article courtesy of Law Dot News | Employment and Labour Law - 13th Cheques Employers: Must You Pay 13th Cheques? “The best investment you will ever make are your employees” (Peter Drucker) As the end of the year approaches, many employees are eagerly awaiting their 13th cheque or year-end bonus. However, not every employer is in a position to payRead more

Article courtesy of Law Dot News | Employment Law & Labour Law - sick leave It’s Sick Leave Season – Can You Reject a Dodgy Doctor’s Sick Note? “Many people including workers in South Africa do not have the wherewithal to determine between a qualified doctor, an unqualified doctor and one who is operating illegally. That is why there areRead more

Article courtesy of Law Dot News | Employment Law & Labour Law - Constructive Dismissal When is Resignation a Constructive Dismissal? “…the prospect of continued employment must be shown to have been objectively intolerable and the employee must have resigned due to the intolerable situation and not for another reason.” (Extract from judgment below) Perhaps you are an employer, andRead more

Article courtesy of Law Dot News | Employment Law and Labour Law - minimum wage Effective 1 March 2024: New National Minimum Wage The National Minimum Wage (NMW) for each “ordinary hour worked” has been increased from 1 March 2024 by 8.5% from R25-42 to R27-58. Domestic Workers: Assuming a work month of 21 days x 8 hours per day,Read more

Article courtesy of Law Dot News | Employment Law and Labour Law A Dishonest “I’m Too Sick to Come to Work” Excuse is a Firing Offence “…an employment relationship is predicated on trust” (Extract from judgment below) Our courts have once again confirmed that dismissal is justified when employees lie about their state of health in order to get sickRead more

Article courtesy of Law Dot News | Employment Law & Labour Law Overtime: The Importance of Agreements “…an employer may not require or permit an employee to work … overtime except in accordance with an agreement” (Basic Conditions of Employment Act) All employers and employees need to know of a recent Labour Court judgment holding that an instruction to work

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Article courtesy of Law Dot News | Employment Law & Labour Law - National Minimum Wage New Earnings Threshold and National Minimum Wage Employers and employees need to keep an eye on the annual increases in both the National Minimum Wage and the Earnings Threshold, summarised below for your convenience. Both are effective from 1 March 2023. The National MinimumRead more

Article courtesy of Law Dot News | Employment Law and Labour Law Your Employee Reaches Retirement Age and Wants to Keep Working? “For many, many people, I’m a firm believer that 60 is the new 50.” (Carolyn Aldwin, director of Oregon State University’s Center for Healthy Aging Research) As even the youngest Boomers (the generation born between 1946 and 1964)Read more

Article courtesy of Law Dot News | Employment and Labour Law Dismissed for Criticising a Mine’s “No High Heels in the Workplace” Rule “The evil in this case is the wearing of high heels as opposed to flat shoes. It is a case that pits sartorial elegance against health and safety at the workplace” (Extract from judgment below) Employers haveRead more

Article courtesy of Law Dot News | Employment Law | Labour Law Fired for Off-Duty CBD Oil Use and Cannabis Smoking “… the [employer], in light of its dangerous environment, is entitled to discipline and dismiss any employee who uses cannabis or is under the influence whilst at work in contravention of its policy. Unfortunately, the Constitutional Court judgement doesRead more