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North West Health faces legal action over conditions at Brits morgue
The Department of Employment and Labour says it has taken legal action against the North West Department of Health for…
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ANC blasts cheap electioneering over employment equity laws
African National Congress (ANC) secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has accused opposition parties of misleading the public by using the new employment…
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2 ex-employment & labour dept employees in court over R2 million UIF scam with 5 others
Seven people who allegedly defrauded the employment and labour department in the North West, made their first appearance in court…
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UIF warns of prowling scammers who are promising people R21 000
The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF), an entity of the national Department of Employment and Labour, is warning communities about a…
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Call for farmers to stop employing undocumented foreign farmworkers
A joint delegation of the portfolio committee on agriculture and the portfolio committee on employment wrapped up their three-day visit…
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South Africans are failing domestic workers, says govt
The Department of Employment and Labour has over the course of May conducted a number of inspections at employers operating…
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KZN floods: Child Labour Conference goes ahead to support Durban
The fifth international Labour Organisation Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour will go ahead as planned in Durban…
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Foreign nationals nabbed for impersonating labour inspectors around Pretoria fined
The Department of Employment and Labour welcomed the sentence handed down by the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court to three undocumented immigrants…
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3 fake labour inspectors nabbed in Pretoria
Three people have been arrested for impersonating labour inspectors in Marabastad, Pretoria. The Employment and Labour Department said the three…
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Government takes Huawei South Africa to court over employment equity violations
The Department of Employment and Labour filed court papers against Huawei Technologies South Africa today for non-compliance with South Africa’s…
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KZN Labour Department orders retail & wholesale companies to improve working conditions
Inspectors from the Department of Employment and Labour in KwaZulu-Natal have ordered businesses who are subjecting workers to poor working…
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Labour Department announces a R1,50 increase to National Minimum Wage hourly rate
The Department of Employment and Labour has announced an R1.50 increase in the National Minimum Wage. The hourly rate has…
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Farmer who allegedly defrauded Ters fund expected back in court
A Graafwater farmer who is alleged to have exploited vulnerable workers and defrauded the UIF Covid-19 Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme…
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More than 1 million at risk of losing their outstanding TERS payments
The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) says it has more than a million outstanding claims on its Covid-19 Temporary Employer-Employee Relief…
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President Cyril Ramaphosa says no one can be forced to be vaccinated
No one can be forced to be vaccinated. That’s the word from President Cyril Ramaphosa who warned on Friday that…
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Three workers trapped in ArcelorMittal building collapse found dead
Three employees who were missing after a building collapsed on top of them at ArcelorMittal’s Vanderbijlpark Works have died, the…
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National minimum wage increased to R21.69 per hour from 1 March
The Department of Employment and Labour on Tuesday announced that the national minimum wage has been increased from R20.76 to…
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Labour department working with Auditor-General to fight Covid-19 UIF corruption
The Department of Employment and Labour says it is working closely with the Auditor-General to implement his recommendations after he…
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Almost 700,000 applications for special Covid-19 payouts from the UIF failed because of this error
Last month, almost 700,000 applications from companies for special Covid-19 payouts from the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) failed – because…
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