Consequence of Non Compliance
Can Directors face jail time for unfair dismissals and what are the consequences for non compliance with Labour Laws?
Oct 14, 2024•24 min
Stuff Employers Should Know
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Maintenance and Usage of Employee Personal Information
Ever wondered if your business is covered with all the “POPI” talks about compliance going around? Am I, as an employer following the correct protocols and what is actually considered “personal information”?
Aug 26, 2024•7 min
Integrating Compliance: How Your Payroll System Can Help
In this episode of we delve into how integrating compliance into payroll systems can significantly benefit businesses, particularly in adhering to POPIA. Hosted by Yasser Ismail, with insights from Samantha Walker, the National Product Manager of Information Compliance, and Kimone Naidoo, a consultant specializing in the retail industry, the discussion focuses on practical strategies for seamless integration. The team explores the dual benefits of enhanced data security and streamlined operation...
Jun 12, 2024•5 min
Tax Year End Processes
Are audit findings keeping you awake at night? Is your payroll legislatively compliant? The end of the tax year is fast approaching, today we will discuss processes to follow to end off the tax year with an error free payroll.
Feb 26, 2024•7 min
Internal Payroll Audits, How Does It Help?
Are you ready for your next external audit? Internal audit of your payroll can help reduce audit findings against your organization and better prepare your company for their audit. Are you tired of inaccuracies and errors within your payroll on a monthly basis? Its time to embark on an internal payroll audit.
Nov 06, 2023•10 min
What is Employee Tax Incentive?
LabourNet Cape Town's Payroll Manager, Simeon Carter talks to us about the advantages of Employee Tax Incentives (ETI) and how it can save your business money!
Jul 24, 2023•10 min
Payroll Outsourcing and In-house Processing
LabourNet Cape Town's Payroll Manager, Simeon Carter talks to us about the differences between Payroll outsourcing and in-house processing and how they can benefit your business.
Jun 26, 2023•10 min
What Does Incident Investigation Entail? Occupational Health and Safety
Senior Health and Safety Consultant, Morne Oosthuizen, tells us how the incident management and investigation process provides organisations with an insight into the effectiveness of their health and safety management system. The process should be used to solve health and safety problems, reduce the risk of workplace injuries and transform an organisation from traditional and reactive, to proactive management of health and safety.
Jun 19, 2023•22 min
Data Protection Rights
In 1948, the United Nations defined 30 articles of human rights which at their core were based on humanity, freedom, justice, and peace. This became a roadmap for how a lot of legislation was drafted, promulgated, and implemented the world over for years to come. As technology and society have developed, so too has the legislation developed to support, control, and protect the rights of individuals and organisations and the information concerned. We now find ourselves in a world where data prote...
Apr 24, 2023•20 min
The All Importance of Strike Action
The first in our new series of episodes with Lehan Goosen, talking to us about Strike Action!
Apr 03, 2023•6 min
SETA Regulation Changes Explained!
We are joined by LabourNet Skills and Equity Product Manager, Linda Madida who takes us through the changes in SETA regulations.
Mar 20, 2023•10 min
The Impact Of Load Shedding On Employers
Adri Louw joins BGD for the first monthly show discussing all hot topics and cases in Labour Law. As the scourge of electricity load shedding seems to be ongoing, what impact does this have on employers and employees?
Feb 06, 2023•14 min
Can An Email Cost You Millions?
Samantha Walker and Sasha Tulshi take us through the "Dangers Of Email'' and discuss the recent case, Hawarden v Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs Inc (13849/2020) [2023] ZAGPJHC 14 (16 January 2023), which has caused quite the stir.
Jan 30, 2023•33 min
When Can a Dismissal Without a Hearing be Fair?
In this first episode of SESK for 2023, BGD discusses the exceptional circumstances where an employer can terminate employees for misconduct without a disciplinary hearing. Cases Discussed: Mphepya v The South African Weather Service (2010) Lefu & Others V Western Areas Gold Mining Co Ltd (1985)
Jan 23, 2023•16 min
Stuff Employers Should Know Anniversary Episode! - Can I See Your Payslip?
It's been a year since the inception of our Stuff Employers Should Know Podcast! And what better way to celebrate than to give our new listeners a rerun of our most popular episode thus far! Thank you for your support, we'll be back i January 2023! Employee’s sharing their pay slips and other conditions of their employment with their fellow employee’s can cause much unhappiness and disruption in an employer’s workplace where discrepancies in earnings may exist. But can an employer take action ag...
Dec 12, 2022•8 min
SESK Select - 'Tis The Season To Be Responsible
The year-end office party has gained legendary status of being the epicenter of office debauchery and bad behavior. In this episode we discuss what employers should do in the run up to their year end party, or any office party, to prevent any possible HR nightmares. Case law referenced: Campbell Scientific Africa (Pty) Limited v Simmers and others [2015] JOL 34906 (LAC)
Nov 14, 2022•10 min
Managing Overtime Correctly
The Basic Conditions of Employment Act defines "overtime" as the time that an employee works during a day or a week in excess of ordinary hours of work. What are ordinary hours? and how is overtime compensated? BGD is back in studio to take you through the common questions regarding managing overtime. Are your overtime agreements still valid? Click here to find out!
Oct 24, 2022•12 min
The Proposed Employment Equity Amendments
In this episode we're joined by LabourNet's Skills & Equity Product Manager, Linda Madida who takes us through a high leveled overview of the proposed employment equity amendments and how organisations can prepare for them! For a different perspective on the Proposed Employment Equity Amendments read our blog via the link : https://www.labournet.com/the-future-of-employment-equity/
Oct 10, 2022•14 min
The Struggles and Solutions of POPI Compliance!
The Information Compliance Team, Samantha Walker, Yumnah Dowlath and James Bradnick join us in studio teaching us how to apply solutions throughout the POPI compliance journey within an organisation to overcome it's struggles. You can contact them via email on popi@labournet.com
Oct 03, 2022•25 min
Can An Employee Be Fairly Dismissed Based On Age Alone?
The dismissal of employees who have reached and worked beyond the normal retirement age has been found to be fair. This was confirmed in Solidarity obo Strydom & 5 Others v State Information Technology Agency SOC (2022) 43 ILJ 1881 (LC) on 9 May 2022. However, is it that simple? BGD discusses how the courts have viewed the application of Section 187 (2) (b) of the Labour Relations Act which states that "a dismissal based on age is fair if the employee has reached the normal or agreed retirem...
Sep 26, 2022•12 min
The Relevance of BBBEE In Todays' Day & Age Post COVID
Yas has some questions that need answering when it comes to BBBEE in South Africa and who better to answer them than LabourNets National BBBEE Product Manager, Tamanna Sharma.
Sep 12, 2022•7 min
Can an Employee Retract a Resignation?
What happens when an employee tenders their resignation, and then unilaterally seeks to withdraw their resignation? BGD talks us through this question which was put before the Labour Court (LC) in the interesting case of Mohlwaadibona v Dr JS Moroka Municipality (Case No: J718/21) (18 March 2022).
Sep 05, 2022•6 min
The Correct Way of Drafting a Disciplinary Charge
Simple in theory yet quite difficult in practice, BGD gives insight into the tried and tested "formula" to use when drafting disciplinary charges. And remember... always be sufficiently particular!
Aug 29, 2022•7 min
Court Gives New Meaning To The Definition Of Mother & Son?
The Labour Court has found that the man had not intended to be dishonest when he went to his "mother’s" funeral twice as well as his "Son" despite not being the biological father. BGD discusses the interesting case of Toyota South Africa Motors (PTY) Ltd v NUMSA obo Njilo and Others (D 692/19) [2022] ZALCD 12 (14 July 2022)
Aug 22, 2022•9 min
The Practical Side of POPI
The Protection of Personal Information Act (“POPIA) has been in force for over 12 months. Organizations – private and public were given a one year grace period to become compliant. There are however still a lot of grey areas in terms of what compliance looks like or even how to practically interpret and implement this new legislation. To get a better understanding of the practical side of POPI we are joined by POPI experts Samantha Walker and Chanel Sprieman.
Aug 15, 2022•19 min
Absent Due to Protests - Do Employers Still Have to Pay?
The recent unrest and protest action in the Tembisa community disrupted public transport leaving commuters stranded. Protesters "locked down" the community and many residents feared to leave their homes. Many employers had employee's who were impacted or prevented from attending work as a result of the protests, but are employers still required to pay employee's who do not attend work, arguably due to no fault of their own?
Aug 08, 2022•11 min
How To Issue a Notice of Disciplinary Hearing
In this episode BGD discusses the correct way to issue a notice to attend a disciplinary hearing.
Aug 01, 2022•10 min
CCMA: Dismissing an Employee who Refuses to get Vaccinated is now Unfair?!
In January 2022 we recorded an episode outlining the first (of many) awards where the CCMA found that the dismissal of (those) employees who refused to be vaccinated, despite the employers mandatory vaccine policy, were found to be fair . However, recently in Kgomotso Tshatshu v Baroque Medical (Pty) Ltd, the CCMA awarded an employee the maximum compensation for an unfair dismissal based on operational requirements because the employee did not comply with the company’s mandatory vaccination poli...
Jul 25, 2022•8 min
When Can a Resignation Be Seen As a Dismissal?
It is possible that the resignation by an employee may actually be found to be an unfair dismissal by an employer. Bianca Venter join's Yas to discuss the concept of Constructive Dismissal and the circumstances where it may be found to be the case.
Jul 18, 2022•12 min
Are Masks Still Mandatory For The Workplace?
Health minister Joe Phaahla published a notice in the Government Gazette early last week repealing the country’s Covid–19 regulations. Amongst other things the regulation to wear a mask in public spaces is no longer in effect. Since then Employers have been questioning whether they can still implement the health and safety policies they have put in place. BGD answers this question by explaining the impact of the new Code of Good Practice on Managing exposure to SARS COV 2 in the Workplace....
Jul 11, 2022•5 min
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