Labour
Essential worker fired for not working during level 5 lockdown reinstated
CCMA says company failed to even entertain her offer of taking unpaid leave
Law | 5 February 2021
Luxor Paints workers awarded R38 million by CCMA
Company to review ruling in Labour Court
By Liezl Human
News | 27 January 2021
UIF applicants forced to break Covid-19 curfew rule
Some people say they queue from 3am outside Department of Labour offices in Port Elizabeth
News | 27 January 2021
Massive CCMA budget cut will hurt workers, say unions
Far fewer commissioners to listen to cases will mean reduced turnaround time
By Liezl Human
News | 22 January 2021
Labour department acts against Queenstown factory where worker’s hand was severed
Eugene Jali lost his hand in a maize mixing machine
News | 20 January 2021
Covid-19: Long tightly packed queues outside labour department
People battling with online applications have flocked to local centres, causing overcrowding
News | 14 January 2021
Minimum wage should go up 4.5%, says Commission
Domestic workers should earn the same by 2022, say majority of commissioners
By James Stent
News | 7 December 2020
Horse grooms can claim UIF, rules CCMA
Department of Labour’s system showed that they had absconded from work
Brief | 30 November 2020
Transport employees face retrenchment three months after court victory
In August, the Constitutional Court ordered that 66 workers be insourced by the Road Traffic Management Corporation
By Zoë Postman
News | 25 November 2020