Close This website uses modern features that are not supported by your browser. Click here for more information.
Please upgrade to a modern browser to view this website properly. Google Chrome Mozilla Firefox Opera Safari
your legal news hub
Sub Menu
Search
14 December 2024 Labour & Employment Watch

Focus


Pushback against Equity Amendment Act

With the launch date of the new Employment Equity Amendment Act (EEAA) – recently signed into law by President Cyril Rampahosa – around the corner, attention is turning to how businesses will adapt. And some are already starting to push ... Read More

South Africa


Busa calls for rescue of failing UIF

Business Unity SA (Busa) has reiterated its call for the UIF to be placed under administration immediately because it is failing to pay benefits to workers. Busa said the weak operations and lack of governance, accountability and transparency in the UIF ... Read More

Public sector takes the cake on pay

The average public service employee in SA earns R41 200 per month in 2024 – a figure that surpasses the national average, which includes the private sector, by R14 400. This stark wage disparity, highlighted in the 2024 compensation and ... Read More

Despite fluctuations, there has been jobs growth

Despite fluctuations in quarterly unemployment data, SA has gained roughly 200 000 jobs over the past year, says a BusinessTech report. SA’s employment landscape has shown significant improvement, with the official unemployment rate declining to 32.1% in the third ... Read More

Analysis


Kindness no longer optional, but now essential

In today’s rapidly evolving, high-stress work environments, kindness is often overshadowed by deadlines, productivity goals and a focus on profit maximisation. Yet, says Caroline Castrillon, career, entrepreneurship and women at work contributor in a Forbes report, fostering a culture of ... Read More

Proactive approach needed to address LGBTQ harassment

Broad population studies show LGBTQ people experience sexual harassment in the workplace and at education and training institutions at disproportionately higher rates than heterosexual women. But there is limited understanding of how LGBTQ young people experience workplace sexual harassment. Researchers ... Read More

Workers' unethical acts linked to bosses' disengagement

By applying ‘organisational moral disengagement’, employers may be making employees complicit in unethical behaviour and practices. This was revealed in research by Aston and East Anglia universities, that shows how organisations may – sometimes unwittingly – foster environments where unethical ... Read More

Health


Leaders play vital part in cancer support

HR and business leaders play a vital part in providing much-needed support to help employees with cancer navigate their life after being diagnosed. But, Barbara Wilson, founder and director of charity Working With Cancer writes in an HR Magazine report ... Read More

Mines are the third most dangerous workplace

Mining and quarrying is the sector with the third highest prevalence of workplace harm globally. The most dangerous is fishing (24%) followed by construction (22%). SMEStreet reports that this is according to the latest Lloyd’s Register Foundation World Risk Poll ... Read More

Flexible policies needed to support menstrual health

While it is important to dispel the myth that all menstruators experience painful menstrual symptoms or related illnesses, these issues are still a cause for concern in the workplace. Considering people spend a significant amount of time at work, Meaghan ... Read More

World


Balance needed to fix Europe’s sick leave crisis

Calling in sick from work is not just a one-off episode in Europe. It’s now become a widespread trend among employees, making the ‘sick man’ moniker that’s chased European economies into a reality. Unlike vacation days, which employees are entitled ... Read More

Boeing steps back from employee monitoring plans

Boeing has paused its efforts to install and use employee-monitoring sensors, including at its office in Everett, Washington, after media inquiries followed an employee’s leak of the plans. The Register reports an unnamed Boeing employee at Everett, a key manufacturing ... Read More

Briefs


Namibian President-elect vows to fix unemployment

* Namibia’s President-elect Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah pledged ‘radical shifts’ to fix the country’s high levels of poverty and unemployment, in her first press conference since winning the election. Nandi-Ndaitwah will take office in March as the first woman to hold the post ... Read More

Vodacom leads social responsibility standings

* According to the latest findings, Vodacom has emerged as the leader in corporate social impact for the eighth consecutive year. The telecommunications giant was ranked first by corporate peers for its developmental impact, with Anglo American, Nedbank, FirstRand, MTN, Sasol ... Read More

Nampak announces new empowerment deal

* Packaging group Nampak has entered into an empowerment transaction that will be implemented with a new private equity fund. The company said the fund would be managed via the Nampak incubated private equity fund manager Cambrian Capital Partners. Read More

Case Law Briefs


Brain Gear Investments v Buhle Waste (BEE shareholding)

SCA: Brain Gear Investments (Pty) Ltd and Others v Buhle Waste (Pty) Ltd and Another Judgment: 5 December 2024 Keywords: Administrative law ̶̶̶̶̶ Decision by municipality to approve shareholding in water services provider subject to oversight by the municipality of 28 ... Read More

Theewaterskloof Municipality v Council of Theewaterskloof

Western Cape High Court (Cape Town): Theewaterskloof Local Municipality v Council of Theewaterskloof Local Municipality Judgment: 2 December 2024 Keywords: Interdict – requirements – separation of powers – municipal law – legal personality of municipality and council – mootness Summary ... Read More

We use cookies to give you a personalised experience that suits your online behaviour on our websites. Otherwise, you may click here to learn more, or learn how to block or disable cookies. Disabling cookies might cause you to experience difficulties on our website as some functionality relies on cookie information. You can change your mind at any time by visiting “Cookie Preferences”. Any personal data about you will be used as described in our Privacy Policy.