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This blog was co-authored by Caroline Cotton, Candidate Attorney.
On 7 March 2025 the Minister of Employment and Labour announced an increase in the annual earnings threshold from R254 371,67 to R261 748,45. The increase is in effect from 1 April 2025.
For purposes of determining whether an employee earns in excess of the threshold…
On occasion an employee joins a trade union which operates outside of the industry in which their employer operates. The Constitutional Court held that such a trade union does not have the power to represent the employee in CCMA and Labour Court proceedings if the registered scope of the trade union precludes the employee from…
New Labour Court and Labour Appeal Court rules come into operation on 17 July 2024. The new rules will replace the existing rules as well as the Practice Manual of the Labour Court.
The changes include amongst them the following provisions aimed at streamlining the court process:
Review applications
Founding affidavits in review applications…
