Africa: Employment and HR

The EU Pay Transparency Directive's transposition deadline has passed with most Member States failing to implement national legislation, creating a fragmented legal landscape that exposes employers to immediate compliance risks. Despite delayed national implementation, the Directive's underlying obligations are already shaping legal exposure through direct effect and directive-consistent interpretation. Employers face complex requirements spanning pre-employment salary disclosure, in-employment transparency

The Constitutional Court has clarified a critical procedural question in South African labour law: must employees or trade unions pursue conciliation at the CCMA before approaching the Labour Court after a facilitated large-scale retrenchment fails?

A South African Labour Court judgment examines the boundaries of informal harassment resolution procedures, establishing that an employer's duty to eliminate workplace harassment persists even when a complainant initially accepts an apology.