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What is a SHE Committee? The intention of the legislator is to have a balance between the number of representatives and any other persons ac

Human Resource divisions are often faced with the administration and filing of employee documents such as CV’s, contracts, ID’s, licences, m

In January 2019 a new regulation regarding strikes was signed into the Labour Relations Act. This new regulation requires a secret ballot to

Employment Equity Amendments as Gazetted on 8th of August 2019 : As the third quarter of 2019 comes to a close, the Department of Labour has

“I have been sexually harassed, Boss!” Handling employee complaints and grievances can be tricky and not all employers are of the understand

Firstly, let us define what an employee is, “a person who has entered into or works under a contract of service or of apprenticeship or lear

On the 13th of August 2019, President Cyril Ramaphosa signed the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO) Bill into law.

With the recent headlines reading “BEE will not be scrapped” I think this is the best time to reconsider Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerm

The Labour Relations Amendment Act which came into operation on 1st of January 2015, places significant restrictions on the use of fixed term contracts. Employers would be ill advised not to take note and adapt their employment contracts to comply with the new provisions. The concept of a fixed term contract of employment is defined in Section 198B (1) of the LRA. In terms of the definition, a fixed term contract is a contract that terminates: on the occurrence of a specific

When we think payroll we think salaries, right? This is not entirely wrong, but let’s unpack this for a second. Payroll plays an imperative

A Safety File could be your worst enemy as most people would have you believe, however it’s actually your best friend in the worst situation

Whilst most business owners are scared off by BEE terminology, B-BBEE is rather a simple government policy, which is mostly referred to as Black Economic Empowerment. What is B-BBEE? It is important to know that BEE is not forced upon any entity by law. So why is it important to comply with B-BBEE? Well, for starters with the implementation of the newly Amended B-BBEE Codes, companies will have to be pro-active in their approach to transformation in order to maintain: a good

What good would legislation be if compliance thereof is not monitored and enforced? In this article, I briefly explain what to expect when a

Payroll professionals need be to more vigilant when it comes to protecting personal information as your payroll department are the custodian

The saying “Culture eats strategy for breakfast” by no means alludes to strategy being unimportant but rather that a strong and empowering o

Diversity within the workplace has been an important issue over the past two decades and still continues as an integral and distinctive subj

In November 2018 President Ramaphosa signed a new type of leave, Parental Leave, into law. It has not become effective as President Ramaphos

As SARS is facing an ever growing Tax Deficit they are forever looking for more ways to collect more tax from Corporates. One of the ways in

Workforce diversity, as a concept, has evolved drastically since the concept’s rise in popularity over the last decade. Starting as an ideol

Reported recently by the CCMA is an arbitration award issued 24 Septemeber 2018, which addresses the issue of cannabis use in the workplace