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Major labour law amendments on the cards for South Africa

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nedlacBusinessTech reports that a “new wave” of labour law amendments is in the pipeline for SA, with major changes to dismissals and retrenchment.

Labour inspectors have been advised to prepare themselves for its implementation. According to Acting Deputy Director-General: Labour Policy & Industrial Relations, Thembinkosi Mkalipi, a Nedlac report, which will explain the changes and set out the agreements and disagreements between the social partners, will be given to Minister Nomakhosazana Meth by the end of October 2024. After the Nedlac process, the Minister will then be requested to table the Bill before the Cabinet to approve it for public comments. “After public comments, the Minister will be requested again to table the Bill before the Cabinet for Parliamentary processes,” Mkalipi advised. He noted that the latest labour law reform was initiated in 2021 following a proposal from Nedlac social partners. He elaborated that the latest amendments were intended to ensure that labour laws were relevant and responsive to the changes and challenges in the current labour market, such as unemployment, growing small businesses and how employers could create employment without compromising job security. The labour law proposals will focus on numerous legislative provisions, including dismissal and retrenchment procedures; severance pay; improved efficiency of the Labour Court; simplification of procedural fairness; a limit on compensation for procedurally unfair dismissals; excluding high-paid employees from specific statutory protection, etc (full list in news article).

  • Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Luke Fraser at BusinessTech


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