To provide for the employment of educators by the State, for the regulation of the conditions of service, discipline, retirement and discharge of educators and for matters connected therewith.
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The Employment of Educators Act, 1998 (Act No. 76 of 1998), has been updated by the publication of Improvement in Conditions of Service: Annual Cost-of-Living Adjustment for Educators employed in terms of the Act, effective 1 April 2023, as per Notice No. 4995 of GG50880, dated 28 June 2024.
The Employment of Educators Act, 1998 (Act No. 76 of 1998), has been updated by the publication of Improvement in Conditions of Service: Annual Cost-of-Living Adjustment for Educators employed in terms of the Act, effective 1 April 2022, as per Notice No. 2952 of GG47886, dated 20 January 2023.
The Employment of Educators Act 1998 (Act No. 76 of 1998), has been updated by the publication of Improvement in Conditions of Service: Annual Cost-of-Living Adjustment for Educators employed in terms of the Act, with effect from 1 April 2021, as per Notice No. 1600 of GG45640, dated 15 December 2021.
The Employment of Educators Act 1998 (Act No. 76 of 1998) is amended by the publication of Terms and Conditions of Employment of Educators determined in Section 4 of the Act, as per Notice No. 331 of Government Gazette No. 44433, dated 9 April 2021.
The Employment of Educators Act, 1998 (Act No. 76 of 1998) has been amended by the Basic Education Laws Amendment Act, 2011, Government Gazette No. 34620
The Employment of Educators Act, 1998 (Act No. 76 of 1998) has been amended by an amendment to the Regulations for the Creation of Educator Posts in a Provincial Department of Education and the Distribution of such Posts to the Educational Institutions of such a Department, Notice No. 1451, Government Gazette 24077, dated 15 November 2002.
The Employment of Educators Act, 1998 (Act No. 76 of 1998) has been amended by an amendment to the Regulations regarding the Terms and Conditions of Employment of Education, Notice No. 1400, Government Gazette 22961, dated 19 December 2001.
The Employment of Educators Act, 1998 (Act No. 76 of 1998) has been amended by The Composition, Administration and Functioning of the South African Council for Educators, Notice No. R. 1293, Government Gazette 20581, dated 27 October 1999.
The Employment of Educators Act, 1998 (Act No. 76 of 1998) has been amended by Regulations for the Creation of Educator Posts in a Provincial Department of Education and the Distribution of such Posts to the Educational Institutions of such a Department, Notice No. R. 1676, Government Gazette 19627, dated 18 December 1998.
The Employment of Educators Act, 1998 (Act No. 76 of 1998) has been added to the web site by Government Gazette No. 19320, dated 2 October 1998.
The Employment of Educators Act, 1998 (Act No. 76 of 1998) has been amended by Regulations regarding the Staffing of Rationalised Educational Institutions, Notice No. R. 1742, Government Gazette 16814, dated 13 November 1995.
The Employment of Educators Act, 1998 (Act No. 76 of 1998) has been amended by Regulations regarding the Terms and Conditions of Employment of Education, Notice No. R. 1743, Government Gazette 16814, dated 13 November 1995.