New Must Know Smoking Laws South Africa
New Must Know Smoking Laws South Africa
New smoking laws have come with a number of changes including the ones bellow:
Employer Responsibilities on smokers
According to Business Tech, employers bear the duty to ensure no person smokes in a work area. Mohsina Chenia, executive consultant at law firm Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr, has outlined employer responsibilities, they include:
- Employees may object to smoking in the workplace in contravention of this act, without retaliation of any kind.
- Employees who do not want to be exposed to tobacco smoke at the workplace, are not so exposed.
- It is not a condition of employment, expressly or implied that any employee is required to work in any portion of the workplace where smoking is permitted by law.
- Employees are not required to sign any indemnity for working in any portion of the workplace where smoking is permitted by law.
- Most importantly, any employer who contravenes or fails to comply with the above will be liable on conviction to a fine or imprisonment not exceeding a period of one year or both a fine and such imprisonment.
The Control of Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Bill of 2018 is open for public comment until 8 August.
Source: https://www.thesouthafrican.com
