A contract of employment is defined as an agreement between 2 or more legal persons, in terms of which one of the parties (the employee) undertakes to place his/her personal services at the disposal of the other party (the employer) for an agreed period in return for a fixed or ascertainable wage, and which entitles the employer to define the employee’s duties and to supervise the manner in which the employee discharges them.   The employment relationship is subject to several legal and statutory regulations. Discuss the legal and statutory regulations that will impact an employee’s conditions of employment.

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A contract of employment is defined as an agreement between 2 or more legal persons, in terms of

which one of the parties (the employee) undertakes to place his/her personal services at the

disposal of the other party (the employer) for an agreed period in return for a fixed or ascertainable

wage, and which entitles the employer to define the employee’s duties and to supervise the manner

in which the employee discharges them.

 

The employment relationship is subject to several legal and statutory

regulations.

Discuss the legal and statutory regulations that will impact an employee’s

conditions of employment.

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