The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) promotes fair practices in the work environment, and ensures that labour disputes that fall within its jurisdiction are resolved efficiently, cost effectively, and with the least amount of formalities....
For some time, section 27 of the Basic Conditions Employment Act (“BCEA”) entitled employees to a minimum of four days of family responsibility leave in certain circumstances, for example, when an employee’s child is born. In terms of the recent amendments to the BCEA, the provision entitling an employee to family responsibility leave on the birth of an employee’s child has been repealed (leaving the remainder of section 27 intact).
The Constitutional Court in Long v South African Breweries (Pty) Ltd and Others 2018 ZACC 7, recently held that ‘there is no requirement’ for an employer to afford an employee an opportunity to make representations why the employee should not be suspended (in the case...
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