Labour Law Newsflash 5/18

Welcome to this edition of the Labour Law Newsflash. It’s been an eventful two weeks in South African labour law. On 29 May, Parliament passed a number of amendments to pieces of legislation and an entirely new Bill which are – and will be – responsible for...

National Minimum Wage: Updates

We reported in February that Deputy President, Cyril Ramaphosa, had announced a National Minimum Wage for South Africa. This would take effect on 1 May 2018. The NMW would work out to be R20 per hour for a 40-hour week. These are still valid. However, there have been...