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latest news & developmentsCCMA case increases from national minimum wage
Cases referred to the organisation increased by 4% since last year
CCMA conference highlights minimum wage struggles
Numerous applications for exemption are hampering the government’s efforts to reach its target of six million workers being paid the minimum wage
CCMA cases pile up with new law
But both the commission and the department of labour say they have everything under control
Domestic workers: overworked, underpaid and unprotected
Armed with brooms and mops, domestic workers took to the streets to demand better wages, recourse to legal protection against unscrupulous employers
‘Tiso Blackstar is just the beginning’
With half of all journalism jobs gone in South Africa, one union is trying to halt the decline
Job losses threatens the CSIR’s reputation
The council’s climate change research could suffer from job cuts
Fixed-term contracts – there must be a justifiable reason to use them
A dismissal is when an employee reasonably expected the employer to renew a contract of employment, but the employer did not renew it
Headaches on wage front
The exemption process threatens to undermine the new minimum income criteria
Comair strike by Numsa-affiliated ground staff averted, for now
Numsa, in a statement, said the two sides would continue talks in early January over wages and shift patterns
Deadly twist to university dispute
A former colleague has been charged with the murder of an arts dean after threatening him
Cape school accused of coercing black teacher to resign
Rustenburg Girls’ Junior School allegedly ‘coerced’ teacher Nozipho Mthembu to leave
Why changes to picketing rules in South Africa pose a threat to strikes
Proposed changes to South African labour laws threaten to set back workers rights
Solidarity accuses Sasol of being ‘reckless’ as strike drags on
Hundreds of white Solidarity members are on strike over their exclusion from Sasol’s new B-BBEE employee share scheme
CCMA plans to intervene in Sasol strike — Solidarity
Solidarity has since formally informed the CCMA that the trade union would participate in the process
Racism in the Cape Town yoga community: One instructor’s story
‘The unrepentant violence of white ignorance has consequences for people of colour that are continually overlooked,’ writes Kopano Maroga