Two labour laws were passed by the National Assembly yesterday on 4 March 2014 and submitted to the President for assent. This means their promulgation is imminent. According to Aadil Patel, Director and Head of the Employment Practice at Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr, these bills will have a significant impact on labour relations in South Africa and employers should have already … [Read more...] about Labour Broker employees could be represented by trade unions
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Speed up workplace transformation, says minister
Pretoria - Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant has expressed concern on the slow pace of transformation in South Africa's workplace, saying drastic measures needed to be taken to speed-up change. The minister was speaking after the release the 11th Commission for Employment Equity (CEE) Annual Report, which showed that whites were still dominating top management level … [Read more...] about Speed up workplace transformation, says minister
Government and labour meet on jobs
Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday opened a jobs summit in Pretoria by calling on the country's trade unions to help government tackle the issue of unemployment and realise its ambitious target of achieving five million new jobs by 2020. Zuma called the Presidential Labour Summit on Job Creation to rope in South Africa's organised labour movement on government's … [Read more...] about Government and labour meet on jobs
