South Africa: Proposed amendments to employment laws
Published 10 Mar 2026, effective 3 Mar 2026, impact rated medium.
Draft amendments to various employment laws were recently published.
The Minister of Employment and Labour published a raft of draft amendments to various employment laws on 26 February 2026. Among them are the much-anticipated amendments to the parental leave provisions of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act (BCEA) following the Constitutional Court judgment and temporary reading-in in the Van Wyk matter, which declared the existing provisions unconstitutional and invalid.
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