Labour Relations

Employment Equity Bill – Amended by the President

What is employment Equity? Every designated employer is required to design and implement an employment Equity plan. The purpose of the employment Equity plan is to enable the employer “to achieve reasonable progress towards employment Equity”, to assist in eliminating unfair discrimination in the workplace, and to achieve equitable representation of employees from designated groups …

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President declares 27 December 2022 as a public holiday.

South Africans will enjoy Tuesday, 27 December 2022 as a public holiday in lieu of Christmas Day falling on a Sunday.  This follows a declaration to this effect by President Cyril Ramaphosa in terms of Section 2A of the Public Holidays Act (Act No 36 of 1994).  In terms of the 2022 annual calendar, Christmas …

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MIBCO | SETTLEMENT OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING NEGOTIATIONS

16 November 2022 ALL PARTICIPANTS IN THE MOTOR INDUSTRYSETTLEMENT OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING NEGOTIATIONS The Motor Industry is hereby informed that Parties to the Council have signed and ratified the MIBCO Collective Bargaining Negotiations Settlement Agreement on 10 November 2022. Please take note of the following salient matters with regards to the Settlement Agreement: MIBCO is …

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NUMSA | NO industrial action on 24 October 2022

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 …

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NUMSA threatening to embark on industrial action on 24 October 2022

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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