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Labour Law
09 Sep 2022

PREVENTION AND ELIMINATION ON HARASSMENT IN THE WORKPLACE: THE AMENDED CODE OF GOOD PRACTICE (EEA)

On 18 March 2022, Minister Thembelani Nxesi published the amended Code of Good Practice on the Prevention and Elimination of Harassment in the Workplace in the Government Gazette Nr. 46056.

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Labour Law
07 Jul 2022

DISMISSAL DUE TO THE USE OF CANNABIS FOR MEDICINAL PURPOSES

Can a dismissal due to the use of cannabis for medicinal purposes in contravention of a zero tolerance policy be deemed as discriminatory and automatically unfair?

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Labour Law
13 May 2022

LEAVE POLICY

Employer’s leave policy not providing for paid leave for “ancestral calling”, does this leave policy unfairly discriminate against the employees’ on the basis of religious/cultural beliefs?

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Labour Law
28 Mar 2022

MANDATORY VACCINATION POLICY

Is it lawful for an employer to implement a policy to regulate under what circumstances employees would be allowed to access the employer’s premises during the Covid-19 pandemic?

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Labour Law
11 Feb 2022

THE EARNINGS THRESHOLD and NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE FOR 2022

The earnings threshold is the ‘dividing line’ where certain provisions of the Labour Relations Act (LRA), Basic Conditions of Employment Act (BCEA) and the Employment Equity Act (EEA) apply.

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HR Solutions
17 Jan 2022

HOW TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN MISCONDUCT AND POOR WORK PERFORMANCE

Schedule 8 of the Labour Relations Act makes provision for employers to dismiss employees under certain circumstances. Employers may address and dismiss employees for conduct, capacity or operational requirements.

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