The first South African four-day work week trial took place over a period of six months fromMarch to August this year. The trial was conducted by 4 Day Week Global – an internationalnon-profit organisation that aims to promote a working environment that is focused onretaining productivity while reducing the focus on time. This is the…
SETA MANDATORY GRANTS ROADSHOW – INVITE
We are excited to share the news of the upcoming Mandatory Grants Workshops. As governed by the Skills Development Act No. 97 of 1998, the Services SETA is mandated to administer and reimburse Mandatory Grants to qualifying employers (within the Services SETA sector) that have met the requirements set out. Given the extensive qualifying requirements and…
CAPES: Annual Review 2023
2023 has been a very busy year and most are looking forward to a break over the festive season. CAPES and our representatives have, as always, been hard at work representing the industry on various forums. Our goal is to raise the profile of the industry and to ensure that any legislative or other regulatory…
Do employers need to retrench fixed-term employees at the end of their Contracts
In the case of Dumisani Yeko v Red Mining South Deep (Pty) Ltd (LC) JS633/18 , the employer terminated the fixed-term employment of an individual after the conclusion of a tender rail contract with Gold Fields, a joint venture. The employee’s tenure was directly linked to the duration of the rail contract. Following…
Festive Season Challenges in the Workplace: Alcohol testing
SA Case Law: Samancor Chrome Limited (Western Chrome Mines) v Willemse and Others (JR312/2020) ZALCJHB 150 (29 May 2023) Review of arbitration award finding employee’s dismissal unfair – employee testing positive for alcohol on breathalyser tests in breach of zero tolerance policy – result of blood-alcohol test, together with expert evidence, did not definitively…
Main Agreement Annual Shutdown Provisions
The date of the annual shutdown is determined by the company’s management,and should be as similar as possible to the previous year’s annual shutdowndates.The annual shutdown must in total, amount to three consecutive weeks’ paidleave taken over an unbroken period and include four weekends. In addition, thethree weeks’ leave must be extended with full pay…
Unfair dismissal dispute: Arbitration Award-NBCRFLI
BACKGROUND OF THE DISPUTE: This matter was referred to the Bargaining Council for conciliation on 27 March 2023as an alleged unfair dismissal dispute. A conciliation hearing was scheduled for 08 May On that day the matter remained unresolved and a certificate to that effect wasissued. The applicants filed a request for arbitration on 11 May…
Services SETA Mandatory Grant Applications 2024-2025
Learner Management Information System (LMIS)- Now Open!Deadline Date: 30 April 2024 Employers falling under the categories of Services SETA Levy Paying Employers (LPEs) and Non-Levy Paying Employers (NLPE) are required to individually submit Mandatory Grant applications. The rationale behind this is that compliant and approved Mandatory Grants result in a 20% refund of the employer’s…
Complimentary TESD Webinar 8 November: POPI TES and CLIENT DYNAMICS
The #POPI Act, the Regulations and other protocols have now had some time to “settle in”. There have been a number of major data and systems breaches as well as a first fine issued. #TES and their clients face considerable risk given the nature and extent of personal information beings shared in terms of candidates,…
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