January 11
CAPES Monthly Review – November & December 2021
11 January 2022 Please see the CAPES monthly review for November and December 2021 below: CAPES Monthly Review – November & December 20212021
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December 08
MEIBC Circulars
8 December 2021 Please see MEIBC Circulars below for more information: Industry Circualr No.2021-06 Annual Shutdown Circular – Seifsa Affiliated Organisations and 5 Trade Unions Industry Circular No.2021-08 Dealing with the July Unrest
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November 23
Guidelines of an Employer Makes Vaccination Mandatory
November 2021 LABOUR BRIEF NO. 445 1. These guidelines are intended to guide employers, employer organisations, employees, trade unions, conciliators, arbitrators and the courts in determining the fairness of a mandatory vaccination policy and its implementation. 2. These guidelines deal with the key aspects of a policy requiring mandatory vaccination in the workplace. The guidelines…
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October 29
Why Temporary Service Providers choose the TESD
29 October 2021 South Africa’s latest unemployment statistics compared to 2020’s second quarter show that unemployment has increased by 52.1%—from 2.2 million to 6.5 million people. Specifically the youth unemployment rate which reached 46,3% (people aged 15-34 years) in 2021’s first quarter is worrisome. These figures highlight the important role that Temporary Employment Service (TES)…
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October 21
CAPES Monthly Review – October 2021
21 October 2021 Please see the CAPES monthly review for October 2021 below: CAPES Monthly Review October 2021
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October 08
Comply or be liable for damages: How employers can ensure compliance with POPIA
October 2021 LABOUR BRIEF NO. 444 The Personal Protection of Information Act 4 of 2013 (POPIA) came into effect on 1 July 2020, and responsible parties have been granted a grace period of 12 months (30 June 2021), to ensure compliance with POPIA. The nature of the civil liability created in terms of section 99(1)…
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September 30
POPIA and the Disclosure of an Employees Vaccination Status
September 2021 LABOUR BRIEF NO. 443 The Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (POPIA) provides for the protection of personal information processed by public and private bodies. Whilst POPIA defines personal information, it also creates another category termed ‘special personal information’. POPIA defines ‘personal information’ as information relating to: Living natural persons and…
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September 27
World Employment Confederation (WEC) Conference Report
With special thanks to Capes please see the conference report below on the 53rd Annual World Employment Confederation. Submitted by Bev Jack and Jacqui Ford World Employment Confederation (WEC) Conference Report WEC Conference report Annexure 1 WEF Skills Taxonomy 2021
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September 16
Wage Negotiations Update – Issue 13
NUMSA CALL FOR CERTIFICATE OF NON-RESOLUTION AND INCHES THE INDUSTRY CLOSER TO POTENTIAL STRIKE ACTION 14 September 2021 At today’s CCMA facilitated MEIBC Dispute Sub-Committee Meeting (held between NUMSA, Solidarity, UASA, MEWUSA, SAEWA, and the SEIFSA Employer Associations, NEASA and SAEFA) NUMSA exercised its right to call for the issuing of a certificate of non-resolution….
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September 16
Nedlac: Compulsory Vaccination
16 September 2021 Please see note below regarding an update on the latest and emerging thinking on this topic which was provided by Mr Jonathan Goldberg, BUSA Business Representative on NEDLAC. COMPULSORY VACCINATION Following a discussion at Nedlac this morning we thought we would share some thoughts with you in respect of compulsory vaccinations. It…
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