SEESA Skills Development Facilitators, Kayla Fourie and Peter Burton discuss the various aspects of a business that needs to undergo a proper analysis by your Employment Equity Committee. This is done to identify any factors which can be deemed unfair discrimination and result in Employment Equity barriers that prohibit equity within the workplace. These barriers are also required to implement affirmative action measures within your Employment Equity plan.

SEESA Consumer Protection & POPI legal advisors, Charl Fourie and Meggan Watson discuss key aspects of repair and service of goods as set out in the Consumer Protection Act. They also discuss the practical elements of providing estimates, getting pre-authorisation and the statutory warranty on repaired goods to assist your business in complying with the relevant sections of the Consumer Protection Act.

SEESA BEE & Labour Legal Advisors, Edmund Drake and Tinita Gerber discuss the Youth Employment Service (YES) initiative and how it can be used to enhance your company’s BEE status. They discuss how YES practically works and the procedures to follow. They also focus on the requirements and the benefits of making use of the YES initiative.

SEESA Labour Legal Advisors, Charl Vollgraaff and Lizca Samuels discuss the important question of whether an employer may change Conditions of Employment, and if so, under what circumstances. They focus on the procedure to be followed, inducing risks and remedies available to the employer and employee.

SEESA Skills Development Facilitators, Micheal Scullard and Rulanda Potgieter discuss the benefits of ProFile. They explain how ProFile works from a Skills Training perspective and how this system will assist Skills and Skills Training clients with upcoming submissions.

“The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) plans to introduce new BEE regulations for the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector before the end of the 2020/2021 financial year.”

SEESA BEE Legal Advisors, Marco Du Preez and Shane Buys discuss the amendments to the Information and Communication Technology sector codes and how it will affect your business.

On the 1st of December 2017, the Amended Construction Sector Code was published in the Government Gazette. This Sector Code made provision for increased targets under the Ownership Element as well as the Skills Development Element. As of the 1st of December 2020, the new Skills Development Requirements, as well as the new Supplier Development Champion Requirements, will come into effect. The new ownership targets will be effective from the 1st of December 2021.

SEESA BEE Legal Advisors, Phillip van der Merwe and Johan Oosthuizen discuss the updated targets and the requirements under the Supplier Development Element.

SEESA Labour law experts JG du Plessis and Albert Mouton explore the problematic topic of taking disciplinary action against a director of a company and if an automatic termination clause in the company’s Memorandum of Agreement will be lawful.

SEESA Skills Development Facilitators, Morné Hunlun and Catri Lange provide an explanation on Discretionary Grant applications. They focus on the general requirements of a Discretionary Grant application, as well as the benefits thereof for an employer.

SEESA Consumer Protection Legal Advisors, Jano Fourie and Mariam Allie discuss the legal requirements relating to the disclosure of material information by a supplier. They further address the possible consequences faced by the supplier resulting from the failure to adequately instruct or warn consumers, as well as the remedies available in terms of the Consumer Protection Act.