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Foreign Worker Compliance Checklist
Prepare a labour-law compliance checklist for foreign-worker employment, work authorisation, visa or permit records, employment contracts, and labour compliance by organising worker status, contracts, permits or records, pay records, workplace rules, deadlines, and questions before getting legal help.
Time to prepare1-3 hours
Before you contact a lawyer
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Before the consultation
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Employers, HR teams, foreign workers, and advisers preparing employment-compliance questions involving work authorisation, contracts, workplace records, or status changes.
You need to check documents, legal status, employment terms, workplace records, and next-step questions before taking action.
Not For
- Final legal advice, dismissal decisions, immigration-status advice, permit applications, or CCMA filings without specialist review.
Documents
- Passport
- Visa or permit record
- Employment contract
- Job description
- Offer letter
- DHA correspondence
- Payslips
- Proof of payment
- Hours records
- Leave records
- UIF records
- Messages
- Question list
Timeline
- Before consultation: identify the worker relationship and compliance issue.
- Before review: collect contracts, pay, status, and communication records.
- During consultation: confirm route, missing records, and urgent dates.
- Afterwards: calendar dates and keep records updated.
Tips
- Lead with the worker status and next deadline.
- Keep pay and hours records separate from messages.
- Do not rely on verbal arrangements only.
- Ask what must be in writing before making changes.
Warning Signs
- A permit, visa, pay, dismissal, or CCMA date is close.
- The contract or worker status is unclear.
- Pay records and hours records do not match.
- A termination, deduction, or report is being considered urgently.
Official sources
- Department of Home AffairsImmigration status, visa, and permit context.
- Department of Employment and LabourEmployment standards and labour-compliance context.
- Immigration Act 13 of 2002Immigration-law context.
- Legal Practice Council list of legal practitionersLegal-practitioner discovery and verification context.
This checklist is for general information only and does not constitute legal advice.
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