Employers who fail to pay the minimum wage will be liable to pay a fine. Both the National Minimum Wage Act and the Labour Relations Amendment Act will come into effect on 1 January 2019.
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You will be in trouble if you do not comply with the minimum wage law: Fines for violating the act and associated labour laws
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Solidarity set for Sasol strike after white employees excluded in empowerment scheme
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A Sasol strike looks to be on the cards as trade union Solidarity demands action over white people not being included. Sasol has recently launched a new empowerment program that will not include all employees.
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The nationwide bus strike will enter its sixth day on Monday
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Parties failed to reach a wage agreement during a two-day meeting with the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA).
Workers initially demanded a 12% increase and employers offered 7%. The workers have since rejected an offer of 8% for the first year, and 8.5% in the second year, instead proposing a 9.5% increase in the first year and 9% for the second.
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National bus strike seems to be inevitable
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Cape Town – Golden Arrow Bus Services (Gabs) and transport unions have warned of a looming national bus strike.
The warning follows a deadlock in annual wage negotiations, between the employers association and five transport unions: SA Transport and Allied Workers Union (Satawu) , Transport and Allied Workers Union of SA (Tawusa), Transport and Omnibus Workers’ Union (Towu), National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) and Tirisano Transport Workers Union (Taswu).
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CCMA in last ditch effort to avert train operator strike
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The dispute between the passenger rail agency (Prasa) and its workers union is heading to the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA).
Last week the train operator and union Untu declared a dispute after the agency refused to increase its 7.3 percent wage offer and rule out retrenchments.
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