The amendments to the Employment Equity Act will finally come into operation this Friday, 1 August 2014.
On Friday, the law regulating employment equity and discrimination as we know it will change considerably. We previously alerted you to these changes:
The beneficiaries of affirmative action (designated groups) will be limited to black people, women and
The legal background
One of the main concerns of a business is to ensure its employees’ commitment and to encourage employees’ initiatives in order to fuel innovations and business growth. This is one of the reasons which motivates companies to pay their employees variable remuneration based on their performance.
Such remuneration is generally permitted under
It is common practice for companies to pay their employees a variable remuneration based on their performance. Such remuneration has become an increasingly popular component of employee compensation as it constitutes a very effective way of ensuring employee commitment.
French case law permits such remuneration but lays down strict conditions to be complied with. Consequently
This post was contributed by Poppy Pritchard.
The use of zero-hours contracts has attracted much controversy in the UK, after it emerged recently that the number of workers on zero-hours contracts may be up to four times the official figure. These contracts are particularly unpopular with trade unions and the Labour party is calling for
Venezuela’s minimum salary for the day shift is Bs. 2,702.73 as of September 1, 2013, which represents the 10% increase established in Article 1 b) of the Minimum Wage Decree Nº 30 (Decree).
This Decree came into effect on April 30, 2013 and its general implications were commented by Juan Carlos Pró-Rísquez, Esther Cecilia
In Germany, there is a rule, which says: If you do not work you do not earn your salary. There are several exceptions (e.g. in case of illness or holidays) but does it apply to the following case?:
An employee (whose salary was EUR 95,000.00 per year, by the way) claimed for full compensation for