According to a report published in the The Star on Wednesday thousands of contract workers across the country are trying to save their jobs after the labour law amendments came into effect earlier this year. Employees of labour brokers have to be converted into permanent employees after three months. The changes were meant to improve the protection of contract employees but some employers are locking out employees who refuse to sign new temporary contracts.
CCMA director Nerine Kahn predicted last month that problems would arise as a result of the amendments.
“The most contentious one (amendment) relates to the regulation of labour brokers. We are anticipating that there will be some termination of contracts. And there might be some confusion on how the law is applied,”
she noted.
Click on Change in law regulating labour brokering hits contract workers to read the summary provided by SA Labour News and follow the link to Business Report to read the full report by Theto Mahlakoana.