On 15 May 2024, President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the National Health Insurance Bill intolaw. The National Health Insurance Act 20 of 2023 (NHI Act) marks a pivotal moment in SouthAfrica’s healthcare landscapeAlthough the NHI Act aims to provide comprehensive health coverage, it has ignited significantdebate and controversy, especially concerning its funding and its effect on…
Webinar: Appropriation of liability & different workforce models
Dive into the intricacies of statutes impacting the workplace. We cover a wide range of legislation, including: Download Webinar Slides Watch Webinar
2024 Wage Negotiations Update
”With South Africa’s economic outlook unlike any experienced before, the time wasripe for parties to work together and more so, in the area of industrial policy, toconstruct a collective agreement that quickly and with minimal angst and anxietysettles the vexed issue of wages and brings all stakeholders together to jointlyformulate a framework focused on re-building…
Minister republishes regulations for EE sector targets
To recap, on 14 April 2023, President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the Employment EquityAmendment Act 4 of 2022 into law, amending the Employment Equity Act of 1998. Theamendments empower the Minister to identify and set employment equity numerical targetsfor each national economic sector.On Friday, 12 May 2023, the Minister published the draft five-year sectoral numerical targetsfor…
Submission Deadline: Annual Placement Report for 2023 – April 30, 2024
Private Employment Agencies (PEA) and Temporary Employment Services (TES) must comply with DEL registration requirements by submitting an annual report on their placements. This obligation is in accordance with the Skills Development Act no. 97 of 1998, Regulation No. 608 of 2000, sub-regulation 5(12). Reports should cover data for the Jan – Dec period and…
2024/25 Discretionary Grant Funding Window: Call for Applications
The Services Sector Education and Training Authority (SETA) a statutory body established interms of the Skills Development Act, 1998 (Act 97 of 1998), invites eligible stakeholders andentities that falls within the services sector to apply for Discretionary Grant funding forProfessional, Vocational, Technical and Academic Learning (PIVOTAL) and StrategicProgrammes. This grant is aimed at addressing the…
Key Skills Demands in the Temporary Employment Sector 2023 Report
The protection against self-help Employers
The Labour Appeal Court recently confirmed that an employer may not deduct or withholdany amount from an employee’s remuneration if the employee participated in an unlawfulstrike and the employer failed to implement the ‘no work no pay’ principle during the monthin which the employee did not render services. Read more
Strict new driving rules and demerit system for South Africa declared lawful (AARTO Implementation)
The Constitutional Court has declared that South Africa’s strict Administrative Adjudication ofRoad Traffic Offences (Aarto) Act is valid and constitutionally sound.On Wednesday (12 July), the Concourt ruled that the Aarto legislation is constitutionally validand thus legal, dismissing civil action group Outa’s legal challenge to the law.Outa had brought an application calling on the Concourt to…
All parents of whatever stipe: Changing the landscape of parental and maternity leave.
On 25 October 2023, that Gauteng High Court per Sutherland DJP handed down judgmentdeclaring the provisions of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 75 of 1997 (“BCEA”)relating to maternity-, parental-,adoption-and commissioning parental leave and the relevantprovisions of the Unemployment Insurance Act, 63 of 2001 (“UIA”) unconstitutional and invalidfor falling foul of the rights to equality…