Labour Programmes

Basic Conditions of Employment

Application

The Basic Conditions of Employment Act applies to all employers and workers, but not -

• members of the -
• National Defence Force,
• National Intelligence Agency, or
• South African Secret Service; or
• unpaid volunteers working for charity.

The section of the Act that regulate working hours does not apply to:

• workers in senior management
• sales staff who travel and regulate their own working hours
• workers who work less than 24 hours in a month
• workers who earn more than R115 572 per year
• workers engaged in emergency work are excluded from certain provisions.

Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases

Application

• all employers; and
• casual and full-time workers who, as a result of a workplace accident or work-related disease:
• are injured, disabled, or killed; or
• become ill.

• workers who are totally or partially disabled for less than 3 days;
• domestic workers;
• anyone receiving military training;
• members of –
• the South African National Defence Force, or
• the South African Police Service;
• any worker guilty of wilful misconduct, unless they are seriously disabled or killed;
• anyone employed outside the RSA for 12 or more continuous months; and
• workers working mainly outside the RSA and only temporarily employed in the RSA.

Employment Equity

Application

• National Defence Force;
• National Intelligence Agency; and
• South African Secret Service.

The provisions for affirmative action apply to –

• employers with 50 or more workers, or whose annual income is more than the amount specified in Schedule 4 of the Act;
• municipalities;
• organs of State;
• employers ordered to comply by a bargaining council agreement;
• any employers who volunteer to comply.

Labour Market Research and Statistics

Labour Relations

Application

• members of the:
• National Defence Force;
• National Intelligence Agency; or
• South African Secret Service.

Occupational Health and Safety

Application

• mines, mining areas or any mining works (as defined in the Minerals Act);
• load line ships, fishing boats, sealing boats, whaling boats (as defined in the Merchant Shipping Act) and floating cranes; whether in or out of the water; and
• people in or on these areas or vessels.

Skills Development

Application

• the public service;
• religious or charity organisations;
• public entities that get more than 80% of their money from Parliament; and
• employers –
• whose total pay to all its workers is less than R 250 000 per year; and
• who do not have to register according to the Income Tax Act

Unemployment Insurance (UIF)

Application

Application