POLYGRAPH TESTING

POLYGRAPH TESTING

It has been widely accepted by the Labour Court and the CCMA that polygraph testing in the workplace is highly contentious and the admissibility of its results remains debateable. Does this mean that an employer cannot use polygraph testing?

EMPLOYMENT EQUITY AMENDMENTS TO COME INTO OPERATION ON 1 SEPTEMBER 2023 – WHAT EMPLOYERS NEED TO KNOW

EMPLOYMENT EQUITY AMENDMENTS TO COME INTO OPERATION ON 1 SEPTEMBER 2023 – WHAT EMPLOYERS NEED TO KNOW

The amended Employment Equity (EE) Act of 1998 will empower the Employment and Labour Minister to regulate sector specific EE targets and to regulate compliance criteria to issue an EE Compliance Certificate in terms of Section 53 of the EE Act. The amended Act will come into force on 1 September 2023. Employers, who will no longer be defined as a designated employer, can apply to deregister from the EE Public Register.

THE IMPORTANCE OF REGISTERING WITH COMPEASY

THE IMPORTANCE OF REGISTERING WITH COMPEASY

In October 2019 the Compensation Fund (CF) introduced an online platform, CompEasy, that should be used by employers to do an online submission if an employee gets injured on duty. Due to the registration process, it is very important to register with the Department of Labour and on the CompEasy platform prior to the unfortunate event that an employee gets injured.