by Melanie Hart | Mar 8, 2023 | Employment
Overtime is regulated by section 10 of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act (“BCEA”) which provides that overtime is voluntary and an employer may not require or permit an employee to work overtime except in accordance with an agreement. In the recent judgment...
by Melanie Hart | Feb 23, 2023 | Employment, News
Following our announcement on the increase in the earnings threshold in terms of section 6(3) of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 75 of 1997 (BCEA), an amendment has been made increasing the national minimum wage. The Minister of Employment and Labour...
by Melanie Hart | Dec 22, 2022 | Employment
‘Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive.’[1] A prudent employer will conduct various screening check(s) as part of the recruitment process and is entitled to make the offer of employment conditional upon successful pre-employment...