Government’s proposed labour reforms could finally extend employee protections to South Africa’s creative workforce but unions warn the real work starts now

Labour federations said the digital economy could lead to further marginalisation of workers and called for platform accountability and job protection

Just 3% of chief executives of JSE-listed companies are female

Minister Thulas Nxesi has raised the earnings threshold for employees receiving certain protections under the Basic Conditions of Employment Act

Job creation should not be the peak of our ambition. We could decommodify life’s necessities instead

Zenprop chief executive James Tannenberger, who stands to benefit financially from the River Club development, failed to address the substantive points of our original article

A judgment from the apex court empowers employers to change their workers’ contracts — without consultation

Behind closed doors, domestic workers are vulnerable to workplace violence and abuse, with little recourse against their employers

The economic crisis triggered by the pandemic has laid bare longstanding deficiencies in labour rights around the world

Workers at the factory were found to be toiling under appalling conditions for only R65 a day.

The Constitution enshrines the right to dignity, but it should also include the right to work