Minimum wage increase 2022
Minimum wage increase 2022 On 1 March 2022, the South African minimum wage was increased once again. The last increase (of 4.48%) was just a year ago on 1 March 2021. Although there has been an across-the-board increase in minimum wages, irrespective of industry, one noticeable change is that domestic workers are now on par […]
Minimum wage on the move
The minimum wages in South Africa are due to increase again on 1 March 2021. This comes after the last significant increase a year ago, in 2020. Although there has been an across-the-board increase in minimum wages, irrespective of industry, one noticeable change is that farmworkers are now on par with the national minimum wage. […]
New Laws for Parental Leave
This Amendment of the Basic Conditions of Employment was signed into law on 28 November 2018, giving parents, particularly secondary parents of new-born children, adoptive parents (of children under the age of 2 years) and commissioning parents, the right to ten consecutive days parental leave. The new law took effect on 1 January 2020. The […]
Prejudice in the workplace – where to draw the line
Prejudice in the workplace – where to draw the line Due to our controversial past, South Africa has been faced with a difficult task of eradicating all forms of racial animosity and behaviour. This is a problem we often find in the employment sphere as well, between the employer and the employee or between colleagues […]
Workplace skills plans and annual training reports
Workplace skills plans and annual training reports All SA companies who employ people, and whose annual payroll exceeds R500,000.00, are required to pay 1% of their monthly payroll to SARS in the form of a Skills Development Levy (SDL). 2% of this amount is kept by SARS for administrative purposes, and the remaining 98% is […]
PROTECTING PERSONAL INFORMATION (POPI ACT)
Dave Lake – Managing Director POPI refers to “Protection of Personal Information” Act. The purpose of the Act is to regulate the processing of personal information. Personal information broadly means any information relating to an identifiable, living natural person or juristic person (companies, CC’s etc.) and includes, but is not limited to; Contact details: email, […]
DETERMINING ANNUAL BONUSES EQUITABLY
Bonuses are not a statutory requirement in terms of the labour law, and any bonuses that are paid, are not regulated by labour legislation unless part of a collective agreement concluded in a Bargaining Council; it is therefore a contractual issue. There are various types of bonuses found in the workplace, some if these are: […]
EMPLOYMENT EQUITY REPORTING
Designated Employers are required to submit employment equity reports annually to the Department of Labour, illustrating their company’s employment profile, employee demographics and income differentials. The reporting period begins 1 October of each year, and company’s have until 15 January to complete their submission. If you are unsure if you are a designated employer, ask […]
IS THE WORKPLACE FOREIGN?
The migrant crisis sweeping across the world has placed a spotlight on how countries deal with this challenge, not only from a humanitarian perspective, but also from a workplace perspective. South Africa’s policy response to International Migration has been static for the past 17 years since it was articulated in the 1999 White Paper on […]
MORE CHANGES IN WORKPLACE EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Blade Nzimande, the Minister of Higher Education and Training, has proposed changes to the National Skills Development Strategy (NSDS) and the Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETA) landscape that will affect all organisations with employees. The Gazetted changes are illustrated in a 46 page document which was released to the public 10 November 2015 for […]