2022-02-08
National Minimum Wage increase as of 01 March 2022
The gazetted increase for the national minimum wage is R23.19 per hour for all employees, including farmworkers and domestic workers. [Read More…]
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BBBEE Mining charter is policy, not law
The recent Pretoria High Court judgment found that the current BBBEE Mining Charter constitutes a policy, not a law. [Read More…]
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2022-02-07
Zimbabwean Exemption Permits (ZEP)
In November 2021, Cabinet decided not to renew the Zimbabwean Special Dispensation Permits (ZSPs), which was set to end on the 31st of December 2021. [Read More…]
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2022-02-02
No COVID-19 isolation unless you have symptoms – then only for 7 days
If an employee tests positive for COVID-19 they do not need to isolate if they show no symptoms. [Read More…]
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CCMA’s second anti-vaxxer ruling – this time is deals with suspension
The Occupational Health and Safety Act imposes a statutory duty on employers to take reasonable and practical measures to ensure a healthy and safe workplace.
It also requires every employee must cooperate with an employer to obey health and safety rules.
Suspending an employee for refusing to be vaccinated was fair and in line with the Occupational Health and Safety Act, the CCMA ruled . The Act compelled employers to provide safe workplaces, and the requirement to vaccinate was in the interests of the health and safety of all employees. [Read More…]
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