Minister Thulas Nxesi has raised the earnings threshold for employees receiving certain protections under the Basic Conditions of Employment Act
Some blame labour protections and unions for South Africa’s economic malaise. But this claim lacks evidence and stands to leave us in an even worse position
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While it is stressful to lose your job, it can open new doors for you
Lawyers at Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr say Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) holders can work in the country until the end of December as they appeal unsuccessful application outcomes
Replacement labour, which stands to prolong industrial action and lockouts, undermines the right to strike
Companies are also grappling with a decline in commodity prices and weaker global demand
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Former president Kgalema Motlanthe has said that a way to help solve the unemployment crisis is to give small businesses breathing room
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About a million women are employed to work in private homes, enabling the economy to function and their employers to work and return to clean homes and cared for children
The retrenchments saved the South African Bureau of Standards R68-million but falls short of the R150-million target
The power utility will keep the peace with organised labour, André de Ruyter has assured
Woman contract employee accuses her former manager of sexually predatory behaviour
Ferrero factory workers have won the first battle in what might become one of South Africa’s next wars on casual and precarious work
A judgment from the apex court empowers employers to change their workers’ contracts — without consultation
Some believed a 2018 Constitutional Court ruling would spell the end of labour broking. It didn’t
The effect of Covid-19 and the land reform department’s freeze of R23-million because the ITB didn’t comply with budget submissions are cited as some of the reasons for the staff cuts
Broadcaster cites “poor sales effectiveness, ineffective commercial product, old pricing models and inadequate technology infrastructure” as driving cuts
A group of workers have been dismissed, but they insist they never embarked on industrial action in the first place
Mister Sweet workers say they will not risk their health, and the lives of others, to continue producing and packaging confectionaries
The airline’s business rescue practitioners ignored a warning not to announce route closures and possible job cuts ahead of a restructuring plan
Chocolate factory workers say employment contracts without guaranteed working hours have had devastating consequences for their lives. Now, they’re fighting back
Former Ekurhuleni workers argued in court that a programme promising to equip them with skills simply acted as a labour broker for the municipality
The Saftu general secretary addressed thousands of delegates at Amcu’s national elective congress on Thursday
The co-founder of a union has championed
the rights of those in an often ignored sector
Labour registrar Lehohonolo Molefe has decided not to continue with the deregistration of the trade union
Mwasa, which was established as a union for black journalists in the late 1970s, has lost thousands of members since its heyday
Past chief executives of Tongaat Hulett have left the company in debt, forcing the company to retrench
up to 5 000 people
The newly empowered labour registrar has warned more than half of all unions that they are in danger of being deregistered
The union has been plagued by persistent allegations of financial mismanagement by its leaders
Amcu head says his union is under attack by capital and other "yellow unions"
The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) last held an elective congress in 2013.
Labour registrar Lehlohonolo Molefe on Thursday said Amcu’s failure to hold a congress was in contravention of the unions own constitution
Amcu — which rose to prominence during the labour unrest which led to the Marikana massacre in 2012 — began as a breakaway from the ANC-aligned NUM