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Employment Acts incl.
Basic Conditions of Employment Act (BCEA)
Labour Relations Act (LRA)
Employment Equity Act (EEA)
Skills Development Act (SDA)
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Stay informed and compliant with South Africa’s key employment acts. From the Labour Relations Act to the Employment Equity Act, we simplify the complexities to help your business adhere to regulations and promote a fair workplace.
- Amended – Basic Conditions of Employment Act – 1 September 2014
- Amended – Basic Conditions of Employment Act – 9 December 2013
- Amended – Basic Conditions of Employment Act 2002 – Afrikaans
- Amended Act – Basic Conditions of Employment No11 of 2002
- Amended – Basic Conditions of Employment Act 2002
- Basic Conditions of Employment Act 75 of 1997
- amend the law governing labour relations;
- give effect to section 27 of the Constitution;
- regulate organisational rights of trade unions;
- allow and encourage collective bargaining at the workplace and sectoral level;
- regulate the right to strike and the recourse to lockout in conformity with the Constitution;
- promote employee participation in decision-making by means of the establishment of workplace forums;
- provide simple procedures for the resolution of labour disputes through statutory conciliation, mediation and arbitration – CCMA (for which purpose the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration is established),
- establish the Labour Court and Labour Appeal Court as superior courts, with exclusive jurisdiction to decide matters arising from the Act;
- provide for a basic procedure for the registration of trade unions and employers’ organisations, and to provide their guideline to ensure democratic practices and proper financial control;
- to give effect to the public international law obligations of the Republic relating to labour relations;
- amend and repeal certain laws relating to labour relations; and
- provide for incidental matters.
- Amended – Labour Relations Act 27 November 2018
- Amended – Labour Relations Act 2014
- Amended – Labour Relations Act 2002
- Amended – Labour Relations Act 2002 Afrikaans
- Amended – Labour Relations Act 2000
- Amended – Labour Relations Act 1998
- Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995
- Enable transformation in the workplace by mering two fundamental elements:
- Promoting equal opportunity and fair treatment in employment through the elimination of unfair discrimination; and
- Implementing affirmative action measures rectifying disadvantages in employment experienced by designated groups and ensuring equitable representation in all occupational levels in the workplace.
- provide an institutional framework to devise and implement national, sector and workplace strategies to develop and improve the shills of the South African workforce;
- integrate those strategies within the National Qualifications Framework contemplated in the South African Qualifications Authority Act, 1995
- provide for learnerships that lead to recognised occupational qualifications;
- provide for the financing of skills development by means of a levy-grant scheme and a National Skills Fund;
- provide for a regulated employment services; and
- provide for matters connected therewith.
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