Workers Rights

Government’s proposed labour reforms could finally extend employee protections to South Africa’s creative workforce but unions warn the real work starts now

Labour federations said the digital economy could lead to further marginalisation of workers and called for platform accountability and job protection

Just 3% of chief executives of JSE-listed companies are female

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

Job creation should not be the peak of our ambition. We could decommodify life’s necessities instead

Zenprop chief executive James Tannenberger, who stands to benefit financially from the River Club development, failed to address the substantive points of our original article

A group of South African Uber drivers plan to go to court to seek employee rights including compensation for overtime and holiday pay, hoping for a similar victory to that of…

Woman contract employee accuses her former manager of sexually predatory behaviour

Luma, a new legal advice chatbot, will help people navigate daunting workplace disputes

In the absence of action from the health department, South Africa’s community health workers are once again having to fight for their rights, with a nationwide strike planned…

A judgment from the apex court empowers employers to change their workers’ contracts — without consultation

Behind closed doors, domestic workers are vulnerable to workplace violence and abuse, with little recourse against their employers

The economic crisis triggered by the pandemic has laid bare longstanding deficiencies in labour rights around the world

Nearly half of all workplaces inspected by the department of labour found to be unsafe

Workers at the factory were found to be toiling under appalling conditions for only R65 a day.