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A person who exchanges their time and skill for a salary or wage. Labour is one of the four factors of production and every adult can engage in employment to earn their living. The more highly qualified and experienced they become the more valuable they become to their employer and hence the higher their remuneration. In South Africa, the law is strongly tilted in favour of employees and against employers. Once someone is employed the longer they stay with the company the harder and more expensive it becomes to fire them. Employees operate together in collective bargaining situations through unions. Union action is a major factor in South Africa, especially where the workforce of the company is unskilled or semi-skilled.

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