The benefits of RPL

Recognition of prior learning (RPL) boasts many benefits, the most obvious being the ability to fast track obtaining a qualification. Many people today have extensive experience in their field but not the qualifications behind their name to back that experience. RPL...

Beyond Christmas parties and Santa shoeboxes

There’s a familiar vibe in the air as December draws closer, work starts calming down and families head to the beaches for their year-end holidays. By Joanne van der Walt, Sage Foundation Programme Manager for Africa If you’re one of the few skeleton team...

Focus on employees’ mental health

Heidi Duvenage, head of Sage Talent Solutions, believes that keeping an eye on mental health will help companies to have happy employees. There’s a feed on Bored Panda showcasing photos that prove that depression “has no face”. Hundreds of seemingly...

Learnership programmes should be a priority

With South Africa’s unemployment rate at an all-time high, learnerships are necessary to help build a competent workforce as well as the key to boosting an organisation’s B-BBEE levels in the process. According to Richard Rayne, CEO of iLearn, a learning...

Critical for employers to be procedurally fair

South Africa’s labour law is decisive in that there are definite processes that have to be followed in order for disciplinary cases to be confirmed as being both substantially and procedurally fair. HR and HCM solution development and services company, CRS...

Lessons from the equal pay journey

Companies in South Africa must meet their legal obligation to ensure that their employees are paid fairly, or prepare themselves for the consequences. This is the advice offered by Arlene Leggat, a Director at the South African Payroll Association (SAPA), who adds:...