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DoEL: Labour Law Amendment Bill 2025
- 06 March 2026
- Law
- South African Accounting Academy
Summary:
The Department of Employment and Labour (DoEL) has gazetted the Labour Law Amendment Bill, 2025.
Article:
The Bill seeks to amend the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 1997 (BCEA), the Employment Equity Act, 1998 (EEA), the Labour Relations Act, 1995 (LRA) the National Minimum Wage Act, 2018 (NMWA), and the Unemployment Insurance Act, 2001 (UIA) .
The proposed amendments will require employers to set out in writing the guaranteed hours, maximum hours, availability periods, and reasonable notice periods for reporting or cancelling shifts. If an employer cancels work without proper notice, the employee must be paid for those hours.
Deadline for comments is 30 March 2026.
Click here to download the120-page Gazetted document:
Relevance to Auditors, Independent Reviewers & Accountants:
- The labour laws (BCEA, EEA, UIA) are yet more pieces of legislation that your clients must comply with, and which you must assess compliance with. If they don’t comply with the relevant laws and regulations, you have certain reporting obligations in terms of NOCLAR (NOn-Compliance with Laws And Regulations) – this could include reporting to management, qualifying your audit opinion, reporting a Reportable Irregularity, etc.
- As an employer, you also need to comply with the relevant labour laws in your workplace.
- You should also be aware of and keep up-to-date with proposed amendments to relevant labour laws.
Relevance to Your clients:
- An entity (company or close corporation) has a duty to comply with all laws, otherwise they could be held liable.
- An employer has a duty to comply with all the relevant labour laws.
- Employers should also be aware of court and keep up-to-date with proposed amendments to relevant labour laws.