Legislation

Acts & Amendments

Read or download labour legislation published as Acts and Amendments to the Acts

• Basic Conditions of Employment Act
  Applies to all employers and workers and regulates leave, working hours, employment contracts, deductions, pay slips, and termination
• Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act
  Workers who are affected by occupational injuries and diseases are entitled to compensation
• Employment Equity Act
  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 Act
  Applies to all workers and employers and aims to advance economic development, social justice, labour peace and the democracy of the workplace.
• Manpower Training Act, 1981
• Occupational Health and Safety Act
  Aims to provide and regulate health and safety at the workplace for all workers.
• Skills Development Act
  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 Act No. 63 of 2001
  Provides security to workers when they become unemployed.
• Unemployment Insurance Contributions Act
  Prescribes how employers should contribute to the UIF Contributions fund.

Sectoral Determination

All the sectoral determination of an act

• Sectoral Determination 12: Forestry Sector
  The Forestry Sectoral Determination regulates wages, working hours and other basic conditions of employment for Forestry workers.
• Sectoral Determination - Ministerial Determination for Small business Sector
  Sectoral Determination- Ministerial Determination for Small Business Sector
• Sectoral Determination 1: Contract Cleaning Sector
  The Contract Cleaning Sectoral Determination regulates wages, working hours and other basic conditions of employment for contract cleaning workers.
• Sectoral Determination 10: Children in the Performance of Advertising, Artistic and Cultural Activities
  Basic conditions of employment applicable only to children in the performing arts and their employers
• Sectoral Determination 11: Taxi Sector
  The Taxi Sectoral Determination regulates wages, working hours and other basic conditions of employment for taxi workers.
• Sectoral Determination 13: Farm Worker Sector
  The Farm Sectoral Determination regulates wages, working hours and other basic conditions of employment for Farm workers.
• Sectoral Determination 14 - Hospitality
  The Hospitality Sectoral Determination regulates wages, working hours and other basic conditions of employment for workers in the Hospitality sector.
• Sectoral Determination 2: Civil Engineering Sector
  Special conditions of employment applicable only to employers and workers in the civil engineering sector
• Sectoral Determination 5 : Learnerships
  A sectoral determination establishing conditions of employment and rates of allowances for learners in South Africa
• Sectoral Determination 6: Private Security Sector
  Basic conditions of employment applicable only to employers and workers in the private security sector
• Sectoral Determination 7: Domestic Workers
  Special rules governing the employment of domestic workers
• Sectoral Determination 9: Wholesale and Retail Sector
  Basic conditions of employment only applicable to employers and workers in the wholesale and retail sector

Regulations and Notices

Regulations and Notices promulgated by the Department of Labour

• Annexure 2: Occupational Levels of Employment Equity
  This annexure provides a table of equivalent occupational levels which may be used by employers when completing forms EEA 2 and EEA 4.
• Basic Conditions of Employment Act - Determination - Earnings threshold
  Determination - Earnings threshold
• Commencement of Employment Equity Act
  A notice of the commencement of the Employment Equity Act in 1999 by the President and Minister of Labour.
• Determination -Earnings threshold - correction notice
  Determination -Earnings threshold
• Draft Circular Regarding Compensation for the Occupationally Acquired HIV
  This circular instruction clarifies the governments position regarding the compensation of claims for occupationally acquired HIV.
• Electrical Installation Regulations
• Employment Conditions Commission Investigation of Contract Cleaning Wages
  This document reviews employment conditions including wages of the Contract Cleaning sector.
• Employment Equity Regulation 18 August 2006
  Amendments to the Employment Equity Regulations
• General administrative regulations and index of forms
  An index of forms and summary of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act.
• General Notice for Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases regulations
  The Department of Labour releases its amendments to the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act.
• Government Notice earnings threshold
  The Department of Labour releases its notice of the earnings threshold for BCEA.
• Increase of the maximum income threshold of the UIF
• Increase of the maximum income threshold of the Unemployment Fund.
  The Unemployment Insurance Fund Increases it's income threshold.
• Instruction for byssinosis
  This circular instruction is issued to clarify the position in regard to compensation of claims for byssinosis.
• Instruction for lung cancer
  This circular gives instructions for claiming from the Compensation Fund for work related lung cancer.
• Instruction on permanent disablement from hearing loss
  Instruction for compensation for permanent hearing loss
• Instruction regarding Mesothelioma due to asbestos exposure
  Instruction for compensation claims for mesothelioma due to asbestos exposure at the workplace.
• Instruction regarding pulmonary TB associated with silica dust exposure
  This circular instruction clarifies claims for compensation of claims for pulmonary tuberculosis associated with silica dust exposure.
• Instruction regarding upper limb disorder
  This circular clarifies the compensation for work related upper limbs disorder.
• Instruction regarding upper respiratory tract disorders
  Circular instruction work regarding compensation for work related upper respiratory tract disorders.
• Instruction regarding work aggravated asthma
  This circular instruction is issued to clarify the position in regard to compensation of claims for work aggravated asthma.
• Instructions on Baseline Audiograms
  This instruction sets out the procedures to be followed to ensure proper management and implementation of baseline audiograms
• Labour Force Survey
• Lead Regulations
• OHS - Asbestos Regulations 2001
  Applies to every person who carries out work at a workplace that may expose them to asbestos dust.
• OHS - Certificate of Competency
  This Occupational Health and safety provides the parameters for applying and obtaining a Certificate of Competency for mechanical engineering.
• OHS - Construction Regulations 2003
  Occupational Health and Safety regulation regarding all construction actitivities.
• OHS - Diving Regulations
  Occupational Health and Safety regulation regarding all diving actitivities.
• OHS - Driven Machinery regulations
  Occupational Health and Safety regulation regarding all aspects concerning driven machinery at the workplace.
• OHS - Electrical Installation Regulations
  Occupational Health and Safety regulation regarding electrical installations and providing guidelines for all users and employers concerned.
• OHS - Electrical Machinery Regulations
  Occupational Health and safety regulation regarding electrical machinery.
• OHS - Environmental regulation for workplaces
  Occupational Health and Safety regulation of parameters for a secure working environment.
• OHS - Explosives Regulation
  Occupational Health and Safety regulation regarding explosives.
• OHS - Facilities Regulations
  Occupational Health and Safety regulations regarding facilities that must be provided by employers at the workplace for workers, to improve working conditions for all.
• OHS - General Administrative Regulations
  The General Administrative Regulation provides the administrative procedure of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
• OHS - General Machinery Regulation
  General Machinery Regulation
• OHS - General Safety Regulations
  Occupational health and safety regulation regarding the general safety of workers at the workplace.
• OHS - Hazardous Biological Agents
  Occupational Health and safety regulation regarding all aspects of working with hazardous biological agents.
• OHS - Hazardous Chemical Substances
  Occupational Health and Safety regulation on all aspects of working with hazardous chemical substances.
• OHS - Lift Escalator and Passenger Conveyor regulations
  Occupational Health and Safety regulation providing guidelines for lift escalators and passenger conveyors.
• OHS - Major Hazard Installation
  Occupational Health and safety regulation regarding major hazard installation.
• OHS - Noise Induced Hearing Loss
  Occupational Health and safety regulation concerning noise induced hearing loss at the workplace.
• OHS - Vessels under pressure regulations
  Occupational Health and Safety regulation regarding boilers and vessels under pressure.
• Skills Development - Municipalities Requesting Exemption from Paying Levies
  Regulation regarding municipalities requesting exemption from paying levies.
• Skills Development Act - Learnership Regulations 2007
• Skills Development Act Skills Development Amendment Bill 2008
• Skills Development Service Level Agreement
• Who is an Employee?

Codes of Good Practice

Codes of Good Practices issued by the Minister

• Arrangement of Working Time
  Information and guidelines on shift work and night work and their impact on workers' health and safety
• Disability in the workplace
  The Code is a guide for employers and workers on key aspects of promoting equal opportunities and fair treatment for people with disabilities.
• Employment Equity Plans
  The objective of this code is to provide guidelines of good practice, in terms of the requirements of the Employment Equity Act.
• Handling Sexual Harassment Cases
  Aims to assist in the elimination of sexual harrasment in the workplace. It provides procedures to deal with the problem and prevent it from recurring.
• Integration of Employment Equity into Human Resource Policies and Practices
  The guidelines in this code will enable employers to ensure that their human resource policies and practices are based on discrimination and reflect employment equity principles.
• Intergration of Employment Equity into Human Resources Policies
  This code is identifies areas of human resources that are key to employment equity which can be used to advance equity objectives.
• Key Aspects of HIV/AIDS and Employment
  The Code’s objective is to provide guidelines for employers, workers and trade unions on how to manage HIV/AIDS within the workplace.
• Key Aspects on the Employment of People with Disabilities
  A guide for employers and workers on promoting equal opportunities and fair treatment for people with disabilities.
• National Code of Practice for the Evaluation of Training Providers for Lifting Machine Operators
  This Code of Good Practice is to provide clarity and direction to all stakeholders directly or indirectly related to the accreditation and provision of training to lifting machine and equipment operators.
• Pregnancy
  Provides for the protection of workers during pregnancy and after the birth of a child.