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When can children start work?
Know Your Rights: When can children start work?

Know Your Rights: Prohibition of work by children. A person must not require or permit a child to work, if the child— (a) is under 15 years of age; or (b) is under the minimum school leaving age in terms of any law.   ...

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Know Your Rights: Sick Leave

Know Your Rights:   Proof of incapacity. (1) An employer is not required to pay an employee in terms of section 22 if the employee has been absent from work for more than two consecutive days or on more than two occasions during an eight­week...

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Know Your Rights: Sick Leave

Know Your Rights: Sick Leave  What the Law says: Chapter 3, Section 22-24 of The Basic Conditions of Employment Act No.75 of 1997, as amended in 2020 is part of the new amendment, and states: How Much Paid Sick Leave Are You Entitled To? Sick...

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Know Your Rights: Annual Leave

Know Your Rights: Annual Leave What the Law says: Chapter 3, Section 20-21 of The Basic Conditions of Employment Act No.75 of 1997, as amended in 2020 is part of the new amendment, and states: How Much Annual Leave Are You Entitled To? In this...

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Know your Rights: How Do You Calculate Salaries & Wages?

Know Your Rights: How Do You Calculate Salaries & Wages? What the Law says: Chapter 4, Section 35 of The Basic Conditions of Employment Act No.75 of 1997, as amended in 2020 is part of the new amendment, and states: Calculation of remuneration and...

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Know your Rights: What Should Personnel Files Contain?

Know Your Rights: Personnel Files What the Law says: Chapter 4, Section 31 of The Basic Conditions of Employment Act No.75 of 1997, as amended in 2020 is part of the new amendment, and states: Written particulars of employment Every employer must keep a record...

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Know Your Rights: Annual Leave

Know Your Rights: Annual Leave What the Law says: Chapter 3, Section 20-21 of The Basic Conditions of Employment Act No.75 of 1997, as amended in 2020 is part of the new amendment, and states: How Much Annual Leave Are You Entitled To? In this...

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Contracts of Employment

Know Your Rights: Contracts of Employment What the Law says: Chapter 2, Section 14 of The Basic Conditions of Employment Act No.75 of 1997, as amended in 2020 is part of the new amendment, and states: Written particulars of employment. (1) An employer must supply...

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