L S Xulu Consultancy

04/04/2025

https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/new-dismissal-code-critical-changes-reshaping-south-african-labour-law-9f4e8c35-1268-42dc-a52e-fc06f22d13d9

Labour unions are calling the new Draft Code on Dismissal 'dangerous' while legal experts provide a more nuanced view — discover how these proposed changes could significantly alter employer flexibility, probation periods, and strike participation rules in South African workplaces.

24/03/2025

https://labourguide.co.za/employment-condition/remuneration/important-update-increase-in-basic-conditions-of-employment-act-earnings-threshold-for-2025

17/03/2025

https://businesstech.co.za/news/business/816191/big-change-for-employees-in-south-africa-next-month/

Legal experts warn that employers need to take note of the new earnings threshold in South Africa, because they could be sitting with more “protected” workers than before.

28/02/2025

https://businesstech.co.za/news/business/814778/big-pay-changes-for-employers-in-south-africa-tomorrow/

Legal experts have warned businesses to remember the new National Minimum Wage (NMW), which will kick in on Saturday, March 1, 2025.

24/02/2025

https://bowmanslaw.com/insights/south-africa-first-look-at-the-new-wave-of-labour-law-amendments/

The NEDLAC Report on the Labour Law Reform Process has been published following extensive consultations which commenced in April 2022.

17/02/2025

https://bowmanslaw.com/insights/south-africa-virtual-consultation-on-new-draft-employment-equity-sector-targets-by-the-department-of-employment-and-labour/

The Department of Employment and Labour has invited stakeholders to attend virtual consultation meetings on numerical sector targets.

11/02/2025

https://businesstech.co.za/news/business/810702/work-hour-warning-for-employers-in-south-africa/

Any employers who are thinking of ‘creative’ ways to side-step the new National Minimum Wage may find themselves facing down an army of labour inspectors in 2025.

05/02/2025

https://businesstech.co.za/news/government/810344/what-you-should-be-paying-your-domestic-worker-in-south-africa-in-2025/

The government has gazetted the new official National Minimum Wage, and domestic workers will be getting a boost in 2025.

31/01/2025

https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/expanding-the-dismissal-codes-of-good-practice-what-employers-need-to-know-698901a

The newly published Draft Code of Good Practice on Dismissal expands on the current code and now addresses all aspects leading to the termination of employment, including dismissals based on the employer’s operational requirements...

28/01/2025

https://businesstech.co.za/news/government/808052/new-retrenchment-rules-coming-for-south-africa/

The Department of Labour has opened a new Draft Code of Good Practice on Dismissals for public comment.

23/01/2025

Second Wave of Changes in the Employment Landscape

20/01/2025

Following its study, the National Minimum Wage Commission has recommended a 1.5% plus CPI increase to the national minimum wage for 2025.
https://saftu.org.za/archives/8756 #:~:text=Following%20its%20study%2C%20the%20National,for%20a%20full%2Dtime%20worker.