We hereby inform suppliers and SIZA members that from the 31st of December 2020, SAI GLOBAL will no longer be visible as a recognized audit company on the MySIZA Platform.
The role and functions played by Health and Safety Representatives is valuable to all employers.
From the 1st of December 2020, it will be a SIZA requirement for a business registered as one legal entity on the MySIZA Platform to include all production units as part of the SIZA assessment programme.
“Averaging of working hours” refers to when employees work longer hours per day during a certain period, and shorter hours during another, however, their salary remains the same.
The freedom to associate or disassociate is regarded by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) as one of four core labour principles. In fact, it goes even further and classifies this as the MOST important labour principle.
The Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) under section 18, requires that an employer must establish one or more Health and Safety committees.
Where groups of people work together conflict could arise for a number of reasons, including interpersonal issues, how workplace policies and procedures are applied, and unhappiness about the conduct and behaviour of others in the workplace.
Transportation should be available between the agri-worker’s place of residence and the workplace at the start and end of the agri-worker’s night shift.
South Africa officially introduced a national minimum wage to protect all workers from “unreasonably low wages” and promote a principle of fair wage increase.
When it comes to SAQs, there are three important dates that producers need to keep in mind.