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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : In the High Court, Gauteng Deputy Judge President Roland Sutherland found that the BCEA - as well as the corresponding sections of the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) Act - did not align with the rights to dignity and equality and unfairly discriminated between mothers and fathers.
51% : ALSO READ | Ramaphosa hails 30 years of the Constitutional Court in world with human rights under threat The apex court did however order that the minister of labour and employment provide a report "as to whether remedial legislation in respect of the BCEA and the UIF Act has been brought into operation" by no later than six months before the 36-month deadline was up.
44% : * In 2023, the High Court found that the UIF Act and the Basic Conditions of Employment Act were inconsistent with the Constitution and therefore invalid.
40% : It, however, declined to effect a similar reading-in in the UIF Act, saying it did "not have sufficient information at its disposal regarding how the benefits in the corresponding provisions of the UIF Act are calculated" and that it was "preferable for the law-maker to decide the extent of UIF benefits to be conferred on employed parents in a non-discriminatory manner".

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