How To Handle Equal Pay And TES

When addressing the equal pay for work of equal value requirements, organisations may be found wanting in the area of Temporary Employment Services (TES). In section 198, the Labour Relations Act (LRA) provides that employees of a TES who earn below the threshold and...

What Is Equal Pay and Equal Treatment?

Equality in remuneration is gaining statutory and litigious momentum with the existing provisions of the Employment Equity Act (EEA) and Codes of Practice underpinning no fewer than 826 CCMA referrals on equal pay disputes over the period April 2019 to February 2020....

The first in a long line of equal pay cases

The issue of equal pay is one that South African employers and employees are grappling with at the workplace. Many of these issues are now ending up at the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA). The CCMA case below starts to grapple with some...

Equal Pay: Gender Pay Gaps

by Natalie Singer A recent marketing tactic by car manufacturer Hyundai, offering South African women buyers a R27 000 discount on a new vehicle purchase because they earn 27% less than men, was hit by a flurry of social media responses arguing against this “fact”....