The Labour Court handed down judgment on September 8th 2015 in a highly anticipated interpretation ruling relating to the recent amendments to the Labour Relations Act (LRA). Kirsten Caddy Senior Associate in the...
Category - Employment
Adrian Baillie-StewartDepartment of labour urge employers to use new instrument to report Employment Equity (EE) progress
Hundreds of employers in the Free State were today (Wednesday) encouraged to take advantage of the newly created employment equity template to conduct their analysis thereby making it easier to report annually to the...
What is an employment contract and how does it protect your rights?
What is an employment contract and how does it protect your rights? PUBLISHED ON 19 AUG 2015 MADELEIN VAN DER WATT When a company hires you, it should give you a fair and understandable employment contract that sets out...
South Africa: 20-Year Youth Employment Review Released
Pretoria — Statistician-General Pali Lehohla says while the number of black youth in employment has grown over the last 20 years, the acquisition of skills has not grown at the same rate within this group. Lehohla was...
The State of Youth Unemployment in South Africa
Youth unemployment has been inordinately high for many years in South Africa and is one of the country’s major socio-economic challenges.[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes”...
