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The Labour Relations Act 1995 deals with strikes and unions and the like; the Basic Conditions of Employment Act is a fall back option for those vulnerable workers who are not able to unionize due to various reasons, such as the kind of work they do. Domestic and farm workers are pertinent examples in the South African context.
Republic of South Africa: Enacted by: Parliament of South Africa: Assented to: 2 February 2000: Commenced: 1 September 2000 / 16 June 2003: Legislative history; Bill title: Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Bill: Bill citation: B57—1999: Introduced by: Penuell Maduna, Minister of Justice and Constitutional ...
Chapter Two of the Constitution of South Africa contains the Bill of Rights, a human rights charter that protects the civil, political and socio-economic rights of all people in South Africa. The rights in the Bill apply to all law, including the common law , and bind all branches of the government, including the national executive, Parliament ...
The amendments introduced by the Industrial Conciliation Amendment Act, 1979, attempted to control African trade unions by incorporating them into the industrial-relations machinery. They could apply for registration and then, if recognised by employers could establish a checkoff system to collect subscriptions and negotiate wage agreements.
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act is the principal federal statute with regard to employment discrimination, prohibiting unlawful employment discrimination by public and private employers, labour organizations, training programmes and employment agencies based on race or colour, religion, sex and national origin. Retaliation is also prohibited ...
Chapter 2 is a bill of rights which enumerates the civil, political, economic, social and cultural human rights of the people of South Africa. Most of these rights apply to anyone in the country, with the exception of the right to vote, the right to work and the right to enter the country, which apply only to citizens.
Parliament of South Africa: Enacted: 14 December 2005: Assented to: 22 December 2005: Commenced: 1 March 2006: Legislative history; Bill title: Constitution Twelfth Amendment Bill: Bill citation: B33B—2005: Introduced by: Brigitte Mabandla, Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development: Introduced: 30 September 2005: Amends; Constitution ...
Hoffmann v South African Airways (2000) — a government-owned airline's policy of refusing to hire HIV-positive people as flight attendants violates the right to equality. Satchwell v President of the Republic of South Africa and Another (2002) — pension and retirement benefits provided to the spouses of judges must be equally provided to ...