Legislation & Directives

The new Labour Court rules 2024 as well as the new Labour Appeal Court rules 2024 have been published. They contain a number of significant amendments relating to a range of procedural matters. They are designed to regulate and streamline processes and to address issues / challenges resulting from the […]

A CCMA directive has been issued by the Director of the CCMA, Cameron Marojane, clarifying the CCMA’s approach when a party fails to attend an arbitration that has been set down. The CCMA directive was issued in the context of a judgement by the Labour Court (per Moshoana J) which […]

The Minister of Employment and Labour has published the proposed employment equity sectoral targets for public comment. This comes after the recent promulgation of the Employment Equity Amendment Act by the President. The time available for public comment on the proposed sectoral targets spans a period of 30 days (input […]

The President has signed the Employment Equity Amendment Act into law. The Amendment Act seeks to advance transformation of South Africa’s workforce by setting equity targets for economic sectors and geographical regions, and requiring enterprises to develop transformation plans. The Act amends the Employment Equity Act of 1998 (Act No […]

The Department of Employment and Labour has published the draft Employment Equity Act sectoral targets for consultation purposes. This follows the recent suite of amendments to the Employment Equity Act which provides for sector-specific affirmative action targets aimed at enhancing efforts towards transformation. Click on the relevant industry to download […]

On 24 June 2022, the Minister of Employment and Labour published the new Code of Practice: Managing Exposure to SARS-COV-2 in the Workplace. It clarifies the current position relating to requirements such as mask-wearing in the workplace.

Employment and Labour Minister, TW Nxesi, has announced that the 2022 National Minimum Wage (NMW) for each ordinary hour worked has been increased from R21,69 to R23.19 for the year 2022 with effect from 01 March 2022. This announcement is in terms of Section 6 (5) of the NMW Act, […]

With the national Covid-19 vaccination drive well underway, the Minister of Employment and Labour has published a directive on covid vaccination of employees, and on related health and safety matters. The directive requires employers to conduct risk assessments, imposes various reporting obligations on employers.  It also deals with employees’ refusal […]

The Portfolio Committee on Employment and Labour has invited comments on the following Bills by 19 February 2021: Employment Equity Amendment Bill [B14-2020] The aim of the Bill is “To amend the Employment Equity Act, 1998, so as to amend a definition; to insert certain definitions, to substitute a definition […]

The Registrar of the Johannesburg Labour Court has published the Alert Level 1 Labour Court Directive on 14 October 2020. The directive covers the protocols in place for those physically accessing the court. It also deals with the following topics: pagination of court files access to the pro bono office […]