legislation on business Flashcards
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purpose of SDA
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invests in education and training of workers
encourages workers to participate in learning programmes
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positive impact of the SDA
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- trains employees to improve productivity in the work place
- promotes self employment and black entrepreneurship
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negative impact of the SDA
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- increases cost as the process requires large amount of paper work
- implementation of the SDA can be difficult to monitor and control
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Discriminatory actions according to the SDA
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- unfair promotion of skills and development to certain employees
-furnishing false information in any prescribed document
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penalties for non-compliance for the SDA
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- a labour inspector can stop the business from operating if the business is found guilty of illegal practices
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ways to comply with SDA
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- employees who collect PAYE should register with SETA’S
- business with more than 50 employees should employ a skills development facilitator
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Role of the SETA’S
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- promotes and establishes leadership
- collect levies and pays out grants as required
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Funding of SETA’s
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- skills development levies paid by employers
funds received from rendering services
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Function of the National skills development strategy
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- improves social development through economic development
- improves acesss to training programmes
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Functions of the Human Resource Development strategy
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- promotes social development and alleviates poverty
- improves the supply of skills
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purpose of LRA
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- promotes collective bargaining in a workplace
- establishes labour courts and labour appeal courts
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positive impact on the LRA
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- promotes a healthy relationship between employer and employees
- protects the rights of businesses in labour related issues
- labour disputes are settled quicker and are less expensive
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negative impact of the LRA
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– productivity decreases if employees are allowed to participate in activities of the trade union
- costs of labour increases because of legal strikes
- reduce global competitiveness because of low productivity
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Discriminatory actions according to LRA
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- unfair dismissal of employees
- refusing establishment of workplac forums
- forcing employees to give up trade union memberships
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Penalties for the LRA
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- business that fail to comply with this act end up facing financial costs which are risky
- businesses will be fined if they fail to comply with the agreements
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purpose of the EEA
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- this act states that employees that do the same work must be paid eqaully
- no discrimination on grounds of gender in the workplace
- promotes eqaul oppurtunities and fair treatment in workplace
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positive impact of the EEA
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- promotes equal oppurtunity and treatment in the workplace
- provides all employees with an equal oppurtunity to be selected for a certain position
-provides employees with legal course if they feel like they being mistreated
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negative impact of the EEA
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- increased administration since the business is required to submit employment equity reports
- expensive to train someone who knows little about the act
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discriminatory actions according to the EEA
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- not employing young women because she would want to have children in the future
- doing HIV testing unless justified by the labour court
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ways to comply with the EEA
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- businesses must gaurd against discriminatory appointments
- promote equal oppurtunites and fair treatment
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purpose of the BCEA
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- provide clear terms and conditions between the employer and employee
- set minimum requirements for the employment contract
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positive impact of the BCEA
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- promotes fair treatment of employees
- encourages consultation between employers and employees
-work hours are specified so the employer does not exploit the employee
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negative impact of the BCEA
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- developing a contract may be time consuming and costly
- business may regard employment contracts negative and may not implement it
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discrimantory actions according to the BCEA
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- forbidding employees to discuss wages with other employees
- preventing employees from having access to employment contracts
- refusing a medical certificate from a sick employee
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penalties for non-compliance with the BCEA
- businesss may be taken to court for labour rulings
- labour inspectors may investigate compliants and collect evidence
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ways in which businesses comply with BCEA
- workers should only 9 hours per day for 5 days a week
- require a 60 minute after 5 hours of work
- businesses should not employ kids under the age of 16
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Purpose of COIDA
- provides protection to employees who are injured during work
- applies to full time or casual time employees
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positive impact of COIDA
- promotes safety in a work place
- creates a framework for acceptable employment practices and safety regulations
- supply administrative guidelines for dealing with claims
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negative impact of the COIDA
- claiming process may be time consuming
- procedures require alot of paper work which is costly
- implementing the procedures required by the act are expensive
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discriminatory actions according to the COIDA
- bribing employees not to report the incident
- providing false information about previous incidents
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penalties for non-compliance
- businesses can be fined for refusing to lodge the claim to the act
- business can be forced large amounts of money if they did not take the necessary precautions according to the act
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ways to apply with the COIDA
- busonesses should provide a healthy and working enviroment
- keep records of the emplyees income and details of work for four years
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purpose of the BBBEE
- enable wealth to be spread more broadly across all population groups
- allows for the development codes of good practice
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positive impact of the BBBEE
- encourages business to adress the demands
- provides a variety of business codes to improve employment equity
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negative impact of the BBBEE
- business that want to do business with the goverment must hae their BBBEE status assesed annually
- processes may lead to curruption
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discrimantory according to the BBBEE
- failing to implement affrimative action to meet BBBEE responsibilties
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penalties of the BBBEE
- businesses may face imprisonment for non-compliance
- penalty could the company's 10 % annual turn over
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purpose of NCA
- promotes social and financial interest of consumers
- promote a fair but competitive credit market
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positive impact of the NCA
- the whole credit process is trnasperant
- authorised credit providers attract more cosumers
- lower bad debts resulting in better cash flow
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negative impact of the NCA
- business can no longer carry out credit marketing
- leads to loss of sales as many consumers may no longer qaulify to buy on credit
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discriminatory actions according to the NCA
- refusing credit to customers based on gender
- charging different interest rates to customers based on gender
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penalties for non-compliance
- the court may declare the granting of credit by the business reckless
- businesses may not demand payment
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consumers rights according to the NCA
- apply for credit and to be free from discrimination
- obtain reasons for credit being refused
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purpose of CPA
- promote and protect economic interests of consumers by providing access to information
- promotes responsible consumer behavior
- establishes a national consumer commission
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positive impact on the CPA
- enables business to resolve disputes fairly through the national consumer commision
- may gain customer loyalty
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negative impact of the CPA
- confidential business information may to available to competitors
- businesses may feel unnecessarily burdened by legal processes
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discriminatory actions according to the CPA
- denying customers proper information about the product
- varying the quality of goods when selling in different areas
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ways to comply with the cpa
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