by Lia Marus | Jul 25, 2018 | Newsletters
The 2014 amendments to the Employment Equity Act (EEA) state that people who perform the same work, or work of similar value, must receive the same or similar remuneration. Recently, a number of significant labour law cases have been adjudicated which put this...
by Lia Marus | Jul 20, 2018 | Newsletters
Following the JSE’s requirement for all listed companies to effect the King IV governance code by disclosing their remuneration policies and implementation reports, the high disparities between executive pay and employee wages has come up for public debate. While one...
by Lia Marus | Jul 6, 2018 | Latest News, Newsletters
There has been a hype of activity recently in the skills development landscape with a vast amount of communication from SETAs, Quality Councils and SAQA. These communications clearly indicate an improvement in sharing information with stakeholders and personally I am...
by Lia Marus | Jun 29, 2018 | Newsletters
Recently, I’ve noticed a misconception that fixed-term contracts are no longer being used. This is particularly in light of the pending judgement of the Constitutional Court in the Assign Services Case. At our recent Mid-Year Labour Law Update, a number of cases...
by Lia Marus | Jun 22, 2018 | Latest News, Newsletters
The ill-understood condition of an obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is often the butt of jokes. It raises merciless laughter from a society who views the behaviour of those who suffer the disorder to be amusing, irrational and odd. What goes unrecognised however is...
by Lia Marus | May 25, 2018 | Newsletters
The unemployment rate among young people aged 15–34 was 38,2%, implying that more than one in every three young people in the labour force did not have a job in the first quarter of 2018. In this same reporting period, 32.4% (approximately 3,3 million youths) were not...
