Conditions of Employment

List of articles in category Conditions of Employment
Title
Night Work
Meal Intervals
Pay for work on Sundays
Sick Leave
2019: Labour Law and Employment Manual
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Payment of Bonuses
The Basic Conditions of Employment Act
Working Hours and Overtime
Calculation of Employees Remuneration
Sectoral Determination 9 Wholesale and Retail Sector
Unpaid leave vs. Deduction from salaries
Types of Leave: Explanatory notes
Two holidays or one?
Time: is it the enemy?
Those 24-Hour Notices
The vital importance of keeping records
The Regulation of Working Time
The Payment of Bonuses – Part 2
The Earnings Threshold
The Basic Conditions of Employment Act
Domestic Workers
Sectoral Determination 13: Farm Workers
Resignations – what are the employers rights?
Religious Holidays
Regulations leave room for many interpretations
Public Holidays
Written Particulars
Sectoral Determination Seven : Domestic Worker Sector
Private Security
Notice of Cancellation of Registration of Trade Unions and Employers’ Organisations
Notice 1367 of 1998
Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 1997
Minimum Wages
Maternity leave can't be reduced by a contract
Maternity Leave
Types of Leave. (Part 2)
Types of Leave
Leave
Everything you need to know about leave
It's crucial to get the training right first time
It’s Bonus Time Again – Almost!!
I have resigned and have 25 days leave due to me. Can I take this leave during my notice period ? I have told my employer I want to take my leave in my period of notice but he refuses.
Hours of Work and Overtime
Family Responsibility leave
Employees rights.
Employees have lion's share of legal rights
Employee Rights.
Sectoral Determination: Hospitality Sector
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Click here to download Sectoral Determination 1: Contract cleaning sector (30 pages)
Can I exchange my annual leave for cash?
Calculation of accrual of leave – 1,25 days per month or 1,5 days per month.
Calculation of accrual of annual leave – 1 hour for every 17 hours worked .
Bonuses Re-Visited
The Payment of Bonuses: Re-Visited
Basic conditions of employment
Annual leave during a period of notice.
Annual leave and shutdown.
Annual Leave – to pay or not to pay – that is the question
Annual leave - Must it be paid? Must it be taken ? Or is it forfeited?
Summary of the ACT (BCEA) in terms of Section 30
Annual Leave
BCEA Section
Annual Leave Shutdown 2
Anuual Leave
Leave Paid
The Payment of Bonus
Leave Section

Case Law Summaries and Articles

Can employees be dismissed for refusing to accept new terms and conditions of employment?

Can an employer dismiss employees because they refuse to agree to a change to their terms and conditions of employment? An initial answer may be, “yes”.

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Escape route: “Resignation with immediate effect”

The latest case in the ‘disciplining employees who have resigned with immediate effect’ saga has brought about more uncertainty as to whether an employee who resigns with immediate effect shortly before a disciplinary hearing can avoid disciplinary action and subsequent dismissal.

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Freedom of expression or incitement to commit an offence? A constitutional challenge

On 4 July 2019, the North Gauteng High Court handed down judgment in the case of The EFF and other v Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development and other (87638/2017 and 45666/2017) in which the EFF and Julius Malema (the applicants) sought to have s18(2)(b) of the Riotous Assemblies Act, No 17 of 1956 (Riotous Act) declared unconstitutional.

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Consolidated, comprehensive or general final written warnings

Regarding dismissal, according to the Code of Good Practice, “the courts have endorsed the concept of corrective or progressive discipline. This approach regards the purpose of discipline as a means for employees to know and understand what standards are required of them.