Why labour legislation needs to keep up with the 4IR
We need harness the opportunities presented by the 4IR to eradicate the triple challenges of poverty, inequality and unemployment
The SA labour regime has been hailed as the most progressive on the African continent, if not in the world. It was crafted not only to correct social ills emanating from the apartheid era, but also to ensure that previously-disadvantaged individuals are granted equal rights to employment regardless of race, religion, sex, age or disability.
To achieve this goal and to better understand the challenges confronting the country’s workforce, the government entered into a partnership with labour unions and related stakeholders, something which one could argue was necessary then but is now appearing to be more of an inhibitor than a progressor. ..
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