Basic Conditions of Employment Act: Maternity and Parental Leave
Maternity and parental leave in South Africa under the BCEA The parental leave landscape in South Africa changed significantly in 2020 when the Labour Laws Amendment Act 10 of 2018 came into effect, introducing parental, adoption, and commissioning parental leave for the first time. It changed again in 2025 when the Constitutional Court handed down […]
Basic Conditions of Employment Act: Leave Entitlement
BCEA: Leave Entitlement – What Employers Must Provide Leave is one of the most frequently mismanaged areas of South African employment law. Employers routinely miscalculate sick leave cycles, pay out annual leave incorrectly on termination, or deny family responsibility leave that employees are legally entitled to. Every one of these errors is a potential CCMA […]