Key Aspects of Labour Law – Overview of the LRA and the BCEA

Labour laws have a direct influence on how companies operate and are managed.

This webinar is a practical look at current legislation, including the Labour Relations and Basic Conditions of Employment Act.

The webinar examines important labour law matters, such as:

Key aspects of the LRA

• Scope and purpose of the LRA;
• Trade union and shop steward organisational rights;
• Bargaining councils, collective bargaining and collective agreements, such as the Main Agreement and its scope, purpose, function and enforceability;
• Workplace forums, purpose and function;
• Strikes and picketing, protected and unprotected industrial action, including the requirements for peaceful picketing; and
• Unfair and automatically unfair dismissals, requirements for a fair dismissal, for misconduct, incapacity and operational requirements.

• Understanding the relationship between the BCEA and the Main Agreement;
• Which companies and employees are covered by the BCEA and which by the Main Agreement;
• Hours of work, overtime, public holidays, Sunday pay and shift allowances;
• Payment of wages, pay day and pay slips;
• Leave pay and the calculation thereof;
• Family responsibility leave, sick leave, sick notes;
• Plus, key aspects of the recent amendments on parental leave, adoption leave and commissioning parental leave, which became effective on 1 January 2020.

Enquiries

Tel: 011 298 9400

Email: info@seifsa.co.za