Develop your career while on vacation

When it comes to vacations, many employees simply aren’t taking their fair share. This is a mistake. Vacation doesn’t just enrich your personal life, the relaxation effects recharge your batteries when you return. Lyndy van den Barselaar, MD of...

Top remuneration trends for 2019

King IVTM is set to have a major impact on how companies look at remuneration in 2019 and beyond. This is according to Dr Mark Bussin, exco member of the South African Reward Association (SARA) and chair of 21st Century, who says: “There has been a lot of...

Are you screening your temporary employees?

With the festive season and summer holidays around the corner in South Africa, this time of year is a peak business period for several industries – from retail to travel, hospitality and entertainment, etc – and these businesses will often hire additional...

Succession planning as Baby Boomers retire

As of 2018, nearly half of the baby boomer generation – those born between 1946 and 1960 – have reached the full retirement age of 66. Lyndy van den Barselaar, MD of ManpowerGroup South Africa, explains that most workforces are already creating contingency...

SilverBridge leave policy empowers employees

Since implementing its innovative discretionary time off (DTO) leave policy in January last year, SilverBridge Holdings has reported an overwhelming positive reception from staff resulting in employees better balancing their work and personal lives. Ruth Wotela,...

Protect your brand during transformation

In the ever-changing world of work, organisational transformation is now par for the course, and the impacts of globalisation and digitisation mean that organisations are faced with the need to restructure, as well as to recruit and develop all levels of employees. In...