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Labour bills rejected (Business Report) Four controversial labour amendment bills have been rejected by organised labour, business and civil society organisations as “badly drafted”. The National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac) has decided to appoint a task team, comprising three people each from labour, business and government, to redraft the bills and new drafts are expected to be completed by November. Among other things, the bills aimed at eradicating labour brokering and instituting fines of up to 10% of a company’s revenue for repeatedly failing to comply with employment equity laws.

 

 
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Johannesburg - A new earnings threshold announced by the labour minister entitles certain employees now to be compensated for overtime, a lawyer said on Monday. On Friday an increase in the earnings threshold in the Basic Conditions of Employment Act (BCEA) from R149 736 to R172 000 per year. "The effect of this increase is that employees earning below the new threshold are entitled to be remunerated for overtime, work on public holidays and Sundays in terms of the BCEA," said Sherisa Rajah. The amendment is effective from July 1 2011. Read Here