Chapter 8 – Outsourcing To Contracting Firms, Mergers And Retrenchment

23 April 2024
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Chapter 8 – Outsourcing To Contracting Firms, Mergers And Retrenchment General legislation permits employers to hire contracting firms to carry out functions required by the employer. These outsourced functions may include security, cleaning, catering and other services. However, the use of such contracting firms is strictly regulated by law. While there was previously some uncertainty […]

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Chapter 7 – Labour Brokers

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Chapter 7 – Labour Brokers Section 198 of the Labour Relations Act (LRA) provides for temporary and part-time employment, and for Temporary Employment Services (or TESes). These TESes are better known as ‘labour brokers’ and are required to be registered with the Department of Employment and Labour. Labour brokers can be very effectively used by […]

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Chapter 6 – Independent Contractors

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Chapter 6 – Independent Contractors All people belonging to the employee categories of a business have specific entitlements under the labour law because they are employees. It is only genuine independent contractors who do not have such labour law rights. An enterprise may appoint, an independent contractor, an external expert to provide them with specialist […]

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Chapter 5 – Permanent, temporary, casual and part-time employees

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Chapter 5 – Permanent, Temporary, Casual – And Part -Time Employees As of 1 January 2015, as per the new section, 198B, of the Labour Relations Act (LRA), temporary work means, for purposes of this section, work done by an employee earning below the earnings threshold, as determined by the Basic Conditions of Employment Act.  […]

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Chapter 4 – Employment Contracts

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Chapter 4 – Employment Contracts Employment contracts are an essential, indispensable means for both employers and employees to protect themselves. They ensure that there are no disputes regarding the employee’s terms and conditions of employment and that both employer and the prospective employee are happy with the agreed terms and have a legally binding agreement.

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Chapter 3 – Recruitment Selection and Placement

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Chapter 3 – Recruitment Selection and Placement The Dos and Don’ts that relate to employee recruitment, selection and placement ensure you can balance effective staff recruitment with legal compliance. Making sure that you have appointed the right candidate means having a thorough understanding of the law regarding recruitment, selection and placement and how to draft […]

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Chapter 2 – Employment Equity Applicant Selection

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Chapter 2- Employment Equity Applicant Selection Legislation Section 6 of the Employment Equity Act (EEA) prohibits unfair discrimination against employees and applicants for employment. The EEA amendments, which became effective on 1 August 2014, prohibit unfair discrimination against any employee or job applicant on any arbitrary ground, including that of ‘birth’.

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Chapter 1 – Workforce Planning and Recruitment

22 April 2024
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Chapter 1 – Workforce Planning and Recruitment In the interests of acquiring the right staff, ensuring compliance with the law and minimising industrial and legal disputes there are important steps that you need to follow. That is, when establishing the workforce in a new enterprise or when taking on new staff in an established company […]

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