The New Parental Leave Rules in South Africa Explained
South Africa’s parental leave landscape changed fundamentally on 2 October 2025. In a unanimous judgment, the Constitutional Court confirmed in Van Wyk and Others v Minister of Employment and Labour [2025] ZACC 20 that the parental leave provisions of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act (BCEA) were unconstitutional. The old rules, which gave birthing mothers […]