Powerful forces shaping the world of work

Valter Adão, chief digital and innovation officer at Deloitte Africa, imagines the future of work. The future of work holds myriad possibilities for change that business needs to adapt to. In order to do so, we need to understand the interconnections between evolving...

Employers don’t follow LRA in managing discipline

Ignorance of the Labour Relations Act (specifically Schedule 8: Code of Good Practice: Dismissal), combined with a lack of relevant skills and issues with enforcement are among the challenges faced by employers in managing discipline. As HR and HCM services and...

Ladies, it’s time to take control

Taking control … working women often think about it, but being brave enough to do it is a different story. Women’s Day has to be a good time to change all that. Mosima Selekisho, director of Signium Africa (previously Talent Africa), looks at how this can...

Building talent, developing tech leaders from within

South African companies are in dire need of skilled and experienced ICT professionals, particularly software developers, coders and data analysts. As a result, for those companies that employ these professionals, staff retention is an ongoing challenge. While many...

Technological workplace revolution felt mainly by women

On paper, there is no doubt that women have made great progress in the workplace – in Europe, the percentage of women represented on large company boards has almost doubled over the past five years to 25%. Women also outnumber male university graduates in 95 of...

Getting a work visa for a foreign skilled employee

Marisa Jacobs, director and head of immigration and mobility at Xpatweb, unpacks what’s required to obtain a work visa for a foreign skilled employee. In truth, it’s extremely easy if you know what you need and how to go about it, but near impossible if...