Everything you need to know about pay cuts and loadshedding

When it comes to loadshedding, everyone is in the same boat in trying as best they can to navigate life without electricity at home as well as at work.   With reduced productivity levels as a consequence of loadshedding, and with employees sitting idly waiting to resume work when power is restored, employers may be tempted to reduce wages to compensate for hours of downtime and a loss of income, but is this legal?   Under Section 34 of The Basic Conditions of Employment Act 75 of 1997, any deductions from an employee’s salary, for whatever reason, are prohibited unless there is a written...

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