Almost half of companies won’t track workers’ vaccine status

Almost half (48%) of large global organisations will not track the vaccination status of their employees, according to a Gartner survey of HR leaders in mid-March. Only 8% of survey respondents reported that they will require employees to show proof of vaccination....

High-demand engineering roles absent from draft Critical Skills List

Employers whose business depends on imported engineering skills must submit their comments on the new draft Critical Skills List no later than 16h00 on 31 March 2021. This is the word from Marisa Jacobs, MD of Xpatweb, who says: “Holders of critical skills visas...

Countries back standards for protecting tourists

More than 100 countries, alongside international organisations and leading business groups have agreed to adopt harmonised standards for assisting tourists caught up in emergency situations. The Committee for the Development of an International Code for the Protection...

SA users aware of online privacy issues

Almost a fifth (18%) of online users in South Africa always give apps and services permission to access their microphone or webcam, according to a global study of 15 000 people conducted by Kaspersky. However, overall awareness of webcam security is promisingly high,...

Data volumes set to grow faster than storage capacity

The amount of data created and replicated experienced unusually high growth in 2020 due to the dramatic increase in the number of people working, learning, and entertaining themselves from home. This is according to the annual DataSphere and StorageSphere forecasts...

EOH expects better earnings

EOH has issued a trading statement, alerting shareholders to a pending improvement in its earnings losses. EOH expects an improvement of between 83% and 86% to the loss per share (LPS) and an improvement of between 83% and 86% to the headline loss per share (HLPS) for...