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Basic Conditions Of Employment Act

Pixels and protection: Strengthening legal frameworks against digital child labour
Thought Leader
/ 20 May 2025

Pixels and protection: Strengthening legal frameworks against digital child labour

In many cases, the digital economy presents a perceived lifeline for families who are struggling to make ends meet

By Letlhokwa George Mpedi & Tshilidzi Marwala
Take your annual leave or lose it
Opinion
/ 1 August 2024

Take your annual leave or lose it

A break every year is an employee’s right, but if not taken in the six-month annual cycle, you forfeit it

By Richard Brown
More workers brought into labour safety net
Business
/ 25 March 2024

More workers brought into labour safety net

Minister Thulas Nxesi has raised the earnings threshold for employees receiving certain protections under the Basic Conditions of Employment Act

By Lyse Comins
From despair to hope: how to transform job loss into opportunity
Partner Content
/ 19 December 2023

From despair to hope: how to transform job loss into opportunity

While it is stressful to lose your job, it can open new doors for you

By Dr Linda Meyer
Limpopo couple lodges civil action with labour department for equal parenting leave and benefits
National
/ 7 November 2022

Limpopo couple lodges civil action with labour department for equal parenting leave and benefits

Fathers argue that section 25 to 27 of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act is discriminatory because the leave is too little for them to participate in childcare

By Mandisa Ndlovu
Employers should respect women’s rights and provide domestic workers with employment contracts
Opinion
/ 31 August 2021

Employers should respect women’s rights and provide domestic workers with employment contracts

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

By Kelebogile Khunou and Amy Tekie
Budget cuts give bad bosses a break
Business
/ 20 March 2021

Budget cuts give bad bosses a break

A scaled-down labour inspectorate will leave vulnerable workers at the mercy of ‘unscrupulous employers’

By Sarah Smit
SABC plans to retrench 600 employees
Business
/ 18 June 2020

SABC plans to retrench 600 employees

Broadcaster cites “poor sales effectiveness, ineffective commercial product, old pricing models and inadequate technology infrastructure” as driving cuts

By Chris Gilili
Hunger is still killing South Africa’s children
Article
/ 1 December 2017

Hunger is still killing South Africa’s children

The state needs civil society to help to combat malnutrition, which stunts children’s potential

By Lori Lake
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Article
/ 5 April 2012

Cosatu doubts effectiveness of strike ballots

Cosatu in the Western Cape says re-introducing a labour law that requires unions to conduct ballots before strikes would not solve violent acts.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 16 May 2011

New earnings threshold affects employers

A new earnings threshold announced by the labour minister entitles certain employees to now be compensated for overtime, a lawyer said on Monday.

By Staff Reporter

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