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Transphobic conduct in the workplace is as immoral as it is illegal, but as Andre Vlok points out, it can be addressed effectively using the conflict tools.

The Department of Employment and Labour’s inspectors had to summon law enforcement after an employer blatantly refused to cooperate during a routine inspection at a workplace in Thaba Nchu, Free State. Inspectors from the Department's Inspection and Enforcement Services branch arrived at the company's premises to conduct an inspection and further test the employer's levels of compliance with various labour laws. They were met, however, by a hostile employer who threatened to...

‘We will be very hard on employers who are deliberately operating outside the parameters of the law,’ said the Western Cape Chief Inspector.

The Gauteng department of social development has recommended the closure of the Abidas Frail Care Centre in Mayfair West in Johannesburg as it is in contravention of the Older Persons Act.

Dudley said she was honoured by the acceptance of the Labour Laws Amendment Bill — “a bill which has been in the making for the past four years“.

Three suspects (two females and one male) aged 32, 33, and 45 were apprehended and detained by members of the South African Police Services (SAPS) on Boom Street, Marabastad Pretoria, yesterday, 14 March 2022, for impersonating Labour Inspectors.  The three undocumented foreign nationals are accused of going from store to store to check compliance with labour laws and requested Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) documents. Suspicious employers began to discuss the suspicious inspectors ...

SAPS have arrested three undocumented foreign nationals for impersonating labour inspectors and conducting inspections in various stores.

A joint mega blitz inspection in the Joe Gqabi District led by the Provincial Chief Inspector, Patiswa Mbongwana saw 78 workplaces in the Wholesale and Retail, Miscellaneous including salons and funeral parlours, EPWP and Hospitality sectors inspected from the 01 to 04 March 2022 focusing on Maletswai, Sterkspruit, Ventersdorp, Jamestown, Burgersdorp, Lady Grey and Barkley East and surroundings. The Department of Employment and Labour’s collaboration with the Department of Home Affairs and...

The Democratic Alliance (DA) will submit a Motion in the next council sitting to request the committee to debate the dysfunctional state of the fire stations in the Capricorn District Municipality, following an oversight visit to the Lepelle-Nkumpi fire station. We are deeply concerned about the condition of the fire station in Lebowakgomo. It is becoming clear that fire stations in the district have been neglected as well as negatively impacted by a lack of resources and monitoring.

Download logo A joint mega blitz inspection in the Joe Gqabi District led by the Provincial Chief Inspector, Patiswa Mbongwana saw 78 workplaces in the Wholesale and Retail, Miscellaneous including salons and funeral parlours, EPWP and Hospitality sectors inspected from the 01 to 04 March 2022 focusing on Maletswai, Sterkspruit, Ventersdorp, Jamestown, Burgersdorp, Lady Grey […]