That's Me In The Corner

Religious freedom must be reflected in the workplace.

- Nicol Myburgh

Companies must ensure their human resource policies and procedures reflect South Africa’s multi-cultural society, especially when it comes to the religious beliefs of their employees.

This is very important not only as a moral imperative or to comply with labour legislation, but because religious freedom and protection is a constitutional right. From a labour perspective, employees are protected under the Employment Equity Act, which states that no person may unfairly discriminate against an employee in any employment policy or practice on several grounds, including religion.