Basic Conditions of Employment Amendment Act 20 of 2013

The Basic Conditions of Employment Amendment Act 20 of 2013 aims:

• to amend the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 1997, so as:
  • to substitute certain definitions;
  • to prohibit employers from requiring employees to make payments to secure employment and from requiring employees to purchase goods, services or products;
  • to prohibit anyone from requiring or permitting a child under the age of 15 years to work; 
  • to make it an offence for anyone to require or permit a child to perform any work or provide any services that place at risk the child's well-being;
  • to provide for the Minister to publish a sectoral determination for employees and employers who are not covered by any other sectoral determination;
  • to provide for the Director-General to apply to the Labour Court for an employer to comply with a written undertaking by the employer;
  • to provide for a compliance order; to delete certain obsolete provisions;
  • to provide the Labour Court with exclusive jurisdiction in respect of certain matters;
  • to provide for certain offences and penalties;
  • to increase the penalties for certain offences; and
• to provide for matters connected therewith.

Commencement

1 September 2014 (Government Gazette 37955, 29 August 2014)