Unions say the company is keeping its workforce as casual labour to grow profits, in line with a trend in the transport sector
Some believed a 2018 Constitutional Court ruling would spell the end of labour broking. It didn’t
A group of workers have been dismissed, but they insist they never embarked on industrial action in the first place
Labour brokers were reined in by the Concourt, but they are already trying to exploit loopholes
A Constitutional Court ruling on labour-broking ends uncertainty over dual employment
The company has allegedly colluded with labour-broking company Adcorp Blu to evade the requirements of section 198 of the Labour Relations Act
Labour brokers are fighting a law that advances calls to ban the practice
The president was in top form, from "commending" Julius Malema and calling Mangosuthu Buthelezi the "voice of reason", to giving a history lesson.
The Employment Services Bill, intended to regulate labour brokers, has been given the green light in the National Assembly.
The contentious Labour Relations Amendment Bill – which deals with labour brokers, among other things – has not been passed for lack of quorum.
Wildcat strikes in the mining sector have set a new trend that could result in the unravelling of the formal system of collective bargaining.
Many companies in South Africa use labour brokers to circumvent labour laws, says Labour Appeal Court Judge President Dunstan Mlambo.
Cosatu has conceded it lost its long-running battle with the ruling party for an outright ban on labour brokers.
The jury has been out on whether the new set of labour-broker laws will benefit thousands of temporary workers, but litigation will soar.
The Congress of South Africa Trade Unions was involved in adopting the decision to regulate labour brokers, says President Jacob Zuma.
Hopes that non-unionists would join Cosatu’s march fell a little flat on Wednesday, but the protest nevertheless did show hints of wider appeal.
Julius Malema has told thousands of Cosatu marchers that the ANC must be reminded of the needs of the masses who voted the party into power.
Cosatu’s call for a labour broker ban has been cast in a new light by research showing a quarter of jobs created since 1994 were filled by brokerages.
Six trade unions signed a three-year wage agreement on Monday, ending a nationwide engineering sector strike.
Teba, an apartheid pariah labour recruitment agency, has reinvented itself with a new focus on community.
SA is proposing sweeping changes to labour law intended to increase job security for temporary workers, but economists have expressed concern.
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/ 21 January 2011
The ANC kicked off 2011 in confident mode, its president Jacob Zuma declaring to a packed stadium that this year would be the one when job creation would be tackled in earnest.
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/ 19 January 2011
Trade union Solidarity said on Wednesday that regulation, not a "deathblow", was needed to deal with the issue of labour broking.
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/ 18 January 2011
The Black Management Forum on Tuesday added support to the move by government to prohibit abusive practices by labour brokers.
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/ 18 January 2011
Proposed changes to labour laws that aim to end casual-worker brokers are a long way from becoming law, a senior labour department official says.
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/ 18 January 2011
Cosatu has rejected a statement by the DA that proposed amendments to labour legislation would result in job losses, as "a myth".
Cosatu is not denouncing government’s new draft labour legislation, but rather bracing for a fight with labour brokers, it says.
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/ 23 September 2010
Rea Vaya workers who staged a two-day illegal work stoppage this week once again brought the issue of labour brokers to the fore.
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/ 19 December 2009
Unions will march in Pretoria on Saturday morning to demand the banning of labour brokers.
Cosatu members will hold demonstrations countrywide on Wednesday to demand the banning of labour brokers.