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Jul 26, 2018
3 min

Constitutional Court's decision on Temporary Employment Services

On the 26th day of July at 10h00, the Labour Appeal Court (Here in after referred to as the LAC) made a ruling on the interpretation of sect

Jul 17, 2018
4 min

Proactive Monitoring

Proactive Monitoring is techniques that include safety inspections and audits, where the objective is to obtain performance feedback, enabli

Jul 11, 2018
5 min

HR Risk Management – Have you quantified & mitigated the risks?

Any company, regardless of size or shape, is exposed to risk. Risk management is an ongoing process that should be adopted throughout all co

Jul 4, 2018
5 min

Pregnancy and women in high risk areas

Many employers operating in hazardous and high risk industries often find themselves in a predicament when they deal with pregnant employees

Jun 13, 2018
2 min

Discretionary Grants – How to secure funding for training from your SETA

The discretionary grant application is key to unlocking the additional potential 49.50% of the skills development levy available to the empl

Jun 5, 2018
4 min

Entrapment: To trap or not to trap

Many companies have no alternative but to employ highly specialised “risk” units, that provide undercover detective work to dismantle syndic

May 30, 2018
2 min

Updated National Minimum Wage Bill

On the 29th day of May 2018, the National Assembly passed the “historic” National Minimum Wage bill, saying that a minimum wage of twenty ra

May 9, 2018
3 min

HR’s Role in Leadership and Management Development

Creating effective leadership in organisations is by no means a new topic, however it is a topic of increasing importance. While more and mo

May 2, 2018
3 min

Changing perspective around cases relating to intoxication

In short the employee was charged for reporting for duty whilst under the influence of alcohol, the notice was issued on the employee and a

Apr 17, 2018
2 min

The Role of General Workplace Inspections

An inspection can be described as the systematic measurement and validation of the current status of any given programme or system. Fundame

Apr 11, 2018
6 min

The A to Z of Implementing Learnerships

Are you thinking about implementing a Learnership in your workplace, but don’t know where to start? Do you get confused when people speak ab

Apr 4, 2018
4 min

Derivative misconduct

Derivative misconduct refers to a situation where an employee who has knowledge of wrongdoing towards his or her employer, subsequently fail

Mar 27, 2018
3 min

Human Capital Management – Software versus Service

Human Capital Management is a function of two main disciplines. Firstly, Human Resource Executives with a profound interest in the employees

Mar 20, 2018
3 min

Managing Contractors

Although some may tell you that contractors are liable for themselves and you “do not have to worry”, this is not the case. Companies’ have

Mar 15, 2018
4 min

The importance of a fully functional HRIS in your business

These days whenever “HR” is mentioned in a conversation, whether it is between two employers, employees, students or members of the general

Mar 6, 2018
3 min

Confidentiality & Social Media in the Workplace

Social Media is omnipresent, with an ever increasing interest and use of social media platforms, an employer may find the need to implement

Mar 1, 2018
3 min

Payroll - Time to change or not?

All businesses from start-up to large enterprises have one thing in common no matter what the core business is; all need to comply with Payr

Feb 20, 2018
3 min

Topics that should be included in a Health and Safety Audit

People in general regard audits as a punitive exercise, whether this stems from a bad experience or just a misconception on what the purpose

Feb 13, 2018
3 min

Strategic Human Resource Management

Strategic human resource management (SHRM) is the process of using a combination of HR techniques, like training, recruitment, compensation,

Jan 30, 2018
3 min

Amendments to the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF)

A new Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) Bill has been signed into law which will see improved benefits for employees.