Legislation

• Basic Condition of Employment

Applies to all employers and workers and regulates leave, working hours, employment contracts, deductions, pay slips, and termination

• Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases

Workers who are affected by occupational injuries and diseases are entitled to compensation

• Employment Equity

Applies to all employers and workers and protects workers and job seekers from unfair discrimination, and also provides a framework for implementing affirmative action

• Labour Relations

Applies to all workers and employers and aims to advance economic development, social justice, labour peace and the democracy of the workplace.

• Occupational Health and Safety

Aims to provide and regulate health and safety at the workplace for all workers.

• Skills Development

Aims to develop and improve the skills of the South African workforce.

• Skills Development Levies Act

Prescribes how employers should contribute to the National Skills Fund.

• Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF)
• Unemployment Insurance Contributions Act

Prescribes how employers should contribute to the UIF Contributions fund.

• Unemployment Insurance Act No. 63 of 2001

Provides security to workers when they become unemployed.

• Manpower Training Act, 1981