Abstract
M.A.
For many years national legislation has made little to no effort to control the conditions of employment
for atypical labour. In fact, such labour has mostly operated withm the twilight zone of the law.
Generally ill-defined, with conditions of employment remain relatively vague. This has not only been
the case within South Africa, for internationally the struggle headed by the International labour
Organization has indicated a similar lack of regulation of such conditions of employment.
For the sake of clarity, it must be repeated that this study has no intention of elaborating in any further
detail, on the subject of atypical labour, other than in as far as such labour affects labour braking
activities Therefore. some description and discussion of the various forms of atypical labour will
follow, however only in as much as this will encourage a better understanding of labour braking, as an
employment practice.