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Minister of Labour and Employment Nomakhosazana Meth. (File photo)

New equity targets are constitutional, counsel for labour minister tells court

The ministry sought to counter the DA’s argument that the targets amount to unfair discrimination

The DA’s federal council chairperson, Helen Zille, at a press briefing on Monday. (@Our_DA/X)

Employment equity quotas will shred jobs, DA says

The Democratic Alliance is challenging the Employment Equity Amendment Act in court, saying it violates constitutional protections against unfair racial quotas

UFS said in its announcement that it consulted widely with stakeholders including legal firms that and up to 85% of the university’s senate supported the decision.

Solidarity vs University of Free State in vaccine mandate court case

The union wants the court to decide whether the policy of enforcing vaccinations at UFS holds water.

Pressure: The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration is under budgetary constraints, the workload has mushroomed and CCMA director Cameron Morajane warns of political parties setting up labour desks. (Alaister Russell/Gallo Images/Sunday Times)

Politics interfering in CCMA work

The labour dispute resolution body says there is a growing trend of political parties and civil society organisations representing workers at hearings

Warning: Labour Minister Thulas Nexi told Parliament that the Unemployment Insurance Fund may have to get external funding if job losses surge. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Unemployment fund, CCMA face jobs bloodbath

State bodies shielding workers have been weakened by budget cuts and high demands

True mentorship is not about hierarchy. It’s about co-creation. Photo: File

Covid concerns have call centres closing doors — and opening new ones

The sector employs 60 000 people in the Western Cape alone. Whereas some centres have cut staff, others are reskilling and preparing for a different future

The government has zeroed in on youth unemployment, but the coronavirus pandemic threatens to leave young people even more vulnerable than before.

The ‘lockdown generation’ has been hit hardest by Covid-19

The government has zeroed in on youth unemployment, but the coronavirus pandemic threatens to leave young people even more vulnerable than before

Although the fund paid out close to R28-billion to employees and employers for April and May, the labour department said in a statement that nearly 970 000 employees had not received their Ters payments. (Ntswe Mokoena)

‘Broken’ claims system will fix Compensation Fund corruption

Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi addressed concerns about the beleaguered fund, which compensates workers injured on the job

PP Busisiwe Mkhwebane found that the allegation that Gordhan violated the Executive Code of Ethics by deliberately misleading Parliament through failing to disclose that he met a member of the Gupta family was “substantiated”.(Madelene Cronje)

Gordhan misled Parliament, violated Executive Ethics Code — Mkhwebane

Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane said she found it ‘implausible’ that Gordhan could have forgotten meeting an associate of the Gupta family.