
If I do not have a written or signed contract, am I still protected by South African labour law?
Yes, the law protects all employees even if there is no written contract if you can prove that you work for the employer.

Yes, the law protects all employees even if there is no written contract if you can prove that you work for the employer.

Even an unwritten contract is valid. So, you would have a binding contract merely because you are actually working for an employer which can be

As a worker, you have a right to form or join a union, and bargain collectively with your employer. Stewards are the representatives of the

Unions are still extremely important today. In a global economy, the nature of work and employment is constantly changing, and some employers resist unions. Research

Workers formed unions so that they could have some say over wages, hours, working conditions, and the many other problems that may arise in the

The simple phrase, collective bargaining, covers a wide variety of subjects and involves hundreds of thousands of union members in the process. Representatives of labour

A union is an organisation which can collectively bargain the wages, hours, and conditions of employment of a particular group of employees. It acts as

SAPTU is affiliated with FEDUSA – Federation of Unions of South Africa. FEDUSA is the second largest trade union federation in South Africa. The main
South African Parastatal and Tertiary Institutions Union
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