COLLECTIVE BARGAINING NEGOTIATIONS 2022 Although an impasse in sector 5 (fuel retailers) prevails, the parties have made substantial progress for the rest of the retail motor industry. The RMI submitted a revised offer to NUMSA and MISA which NUMSA will be considering at its National Executive Committee meeting on 22 October 2022. NUMSA has indicated …
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING NEGOTIATIONS 2022 On 3 October 2022 the RMI received a letter from NUMSA wherein it threatened to embark on industrial action on 24 October 2022, due to its dissatisfaction with the progress made with the wage- and substantive negotiations, particularly in sector 5 (fuel retailers) of the retail motor industry. The letter was …
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By Ruben Opperman. This opinion piece is not to criticize the already fully debated, arbitrated, and adjudicated Section 198 relating to Temporary Employment Services. It is however giving an opinion on administrative measures when and where who needs to be sited in the CCMA or bargaining councils. It is by now clear that with the …
Author: Karabo Teffo ISSUE Whether legislation regulates the issues around PPE. PRINCIPLES According to the Occupational Health and Safety Act[1], employees working in environments where they may be exposed to risk or potential risk are required to wear personal protective equipment (PPE). This particularly applies when engineering, work practice and administrative controls prove unfeasible …
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This is just to remind you that all Covid-19 positive cases must be reported to the Compensation Commissioner. Please see the following documents attached. Government Notice signed by Vuyo Mafata, Compensation Commissioner on 20 March 2020 (download) Covid-19 Exposure and Medical Questionnaire (To be completed by employer) (download) W.CI.1(E) – Employer’s Report of an …
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Government has gazetted new rules for domestic workers in South Africa, which will see them covered under the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act (Coida). The changes, which were officially introduced in March, confirm that domestic workers are now covered under the act for illness or injury contracted at work. What protection does this …
UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF CANNABIS AT THE WORKPLACE – IMPACT OF THE PRINCE JUDGEMENT Since the Constitutional Court handed down its judgement in Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development and Others v Prince And Others 2018 (6) SA 393 (CC) decriminalising the possession and cultivation of cannabis in private dwellings, the country has seen a …
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Employment Equity Amendments TRANSFORMATION LAW IS COMING WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW Employment Equity Amendment Bill is introduced to the National Assembly. The Major changes, not limited, but includes the following: Sector–specific employment targets to be addressed—”A notice may set different numerical targets for different occupational levels, sub-sectors or regions within a sector or on …
