UWC Research Repository: Recent submissions
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Scope of protection: a retrospective and prospective overview of the protected disclosures act 2000
(Centre de droit comparé du travail et de la sécurité sociale, 2023)Following South Africa’s transition to democratic rule, numerous whistle-blowers have raised the alarm regarding corruption and improprieties at work, in both the private and public sectors. To prevent the negative ... -
The employment equity amendment bill B14B – 2020: innovating towards equity or kicking the can down the road?
(Juta & Company, Ltd., 2020)The Employment Equity Amendment Bill introduces significant changes to the regulatory framework for affirmative action by, among other amendments, shifting the responsibility for determining employment equity targets from ... -
Amendements de la loi sur l’équité en matière d’emploi en Afrique du Sud : à côté de la cible !
(Open edition journals, 2023)En mai 2022, le Parlement sud-africain a « donné le feu vert » au Projet d’amendement de la loi sur l’équité en matière d’emploi B14B - 20202. Le Projet d’amendement des dispositions de la loi n°55 de 1998 sur l’équité en ... -
Genuine autonomous work: toward a tailor-made social protection
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2022)This chapter aims at providing a conceptual framework to social protection of genuine autonomous work, with a reference to solopreneurs, analyzing socioeconomic risks and needs they are facing and that may differ from the ... -
Facilitating decent work: the case of domestic workers in Nigeria
(Jute, 2022)A decade after the first international standard regulating domestic work was introduced decent work remains a challenge for domestic workers in Nigeria. Within the framework of ILO’s Convention on Domestic Workers 189 of ... -
Discrimination on an ‘arbitrary ground’ and the right of access to justice
(Jute, 2021)In Naidoo & others v Parliament of the Republic of SA the Labour Appeal Court interpreted ‘arbitrary ground’ in s 6(1) of the Employment Equity Act by rejecting a ‘broad’ interpretation (ie the grammatical meaning of the ... -
Workers, platforms and the state: the struggle over digital labour platform regulation
(Edward Elgar Publishing, 2021)This chapter discusses the arguments made by digital labour platforms - and their supporters - in favour of self-regulation. Against their claims that platform self-regulation is a preferable alternative to state intervention, ... -
'Strategies for decent work and sustainable development in the tobacco sector in Malawi: legal, conceptual, and practical tools for stakeholders' (2023) ILO address project, ILO country office for Malawi
(International Labour Organization, 2023)The International Labour Organization (ILO) is the United Nations agency for the world of work. It sets international labour standards, promotes rights at work and encourages decent employment opportunities, the enhancement ... -
Nigeria’s political, economic, and social dynamics in a pandemic era
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2023)This chapter examines the impact of Nigeria’s containment and mitigation strategies established at the outbreak of the pandemic in the country. The chapter asserts that government intervention reflected a holistic approach ... -
Protecting platform workers: options and challenges
(Jute, 2022)The use of digital platforms as a means of organising work and creating new work opportunities (‘platform work’) is on the increase in developing as well as developed countries. The article starts from three widely-accepted ... -
Fair work in South Africa’s gig economy: A journey of engaged scholarship
(Elsevier, 2023)Because of its relatively well-developed, highly urbanised economy and high penetration of mobile internet access, the platform economy took off quickly in South Africa, with international players vying for market share and ... -
COVID-19 pandemic, a war to win: assessing its impact on the domestic work sector in Nigeria
(Taylor & Francis, 2023)This article examines the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the work conditions of domestic workers in Nigeria. We use four indicators – earnings, access to social protection, working conditions and labour protections ... -
Domestic workers in South Africa: inclusion under the compensation of occupational injuries and diseases act
(The Thinker, 2023)After decades of deliberate exclusion from labour laws and social protection in South Africa, domestic workers have slowly been able to taste the fruits of years of laborious fights for recognition, inclusion, and dignity. ... -
Extra-oral suction
(MDPI, 2023)Oral health care workers (OHCW) are exposed to pathogenic microorganisms during dental aerosol-generating procedures. Technologies aimed at the reduction of aerosol, droplets and splatter are essential. This in vivo study ... -
Exploring the role of race in social cohesion in two rural communities of South Africa
(University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2023)Globally, race and social cohesion in urban areas have received significant research focus. However, it may appear that scholars have not paid adequate attention to the role of race as a facilitator or barrier to social ... -
An exploration of community-based services and resources available to boost the capabilities of aids-orphaned adolescents and primary caregivers to achieve emotional and psychosocial wellbeing
(Scientific & Academic Publishing, 2023)Children and families affected by Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) often struggle to achieve their valuable goals due to experiences of stigma and discrimination, lack of socioeconomic support, and unattended grief ... -
A systematic review regarding caregiving relationships of adolescents orphaned by aids and primary caregivers
(Scientific & Academic Publishing, 2022)Statement of the Problem: Research and aid organisations report that children and adolescents orphaned due to HIV and AIDS are particularly vulnerable as they are often exposed to negative effects of both HIV and AIDS and ... -
"it's very genuine": The perceptions of stakeholders on the primary caregiving relationships of adolescents orphaned by AIDS and grandmothers
(2023)Adolescents orphaned through Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) are at higher risk of poor developmental outcomes due to the trauma caused by the parent’s AIDS related illness and resultant death, lack of stable ... -
Mapping higher education policymaking in Ghana with aquadruple helix framework
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2023)Whilst research works have identified many actors involved inhigher education public policymaking in the Ghanaian context,there is a paucity of empirical studies on how the application of aquadruple helix network of policy ... -
Sustainable fuels: Lower alcohols perspective
(Wiley, 2023)In the coming years, energy sources will play a vital role in global development. Biofuels made from sustainable sources are essential for the global economy's long-term viability and the reduction of greenhouse gas ...