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Labour bills sent for assent
By Jacques Van Wyk, Director and Yusha Davidson, Candidate Attorney
The National Minimum Wage Bill, the Basic Conditions of Employment Amendment Bill, the Labour Relations Amendment Bill, and the Labour Laws Amendment Bill have been passed by parliament and sent to President Ramaphosa for assent.
A detailed overview of the Labour Bills have been published in our earlier updates. For a discussion thereof, click on each of the Bill’s below.
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