Ins and outs of progressive employment equity

In reality, employment equity represents a regulatory challenge for South African businesses and the only truly effective way to ensure compliance and benefit is to have a plan in place and follow it proactively. This is according to HR and HCM experts at services and...

Things to consider before you retrench

Cathie Webb, director of the South African Payroll Association (SAPA), offers some advice on how to handle this difficult task. Whenever a worker is retrenched in South Africa, it’s not just one person losing an income. That’s because employees in this...

Reconsider the role of business ‘chiefs’

The move to digital, coupled with the increasing amount of data businesses find themselves dealing with today, has given rise to numerous new ‘Chief’ roles within the business landscape, as CEOs try to steer in the right direction — aiming to achieve...

Large scale work permit changes on the cards

The White Paper for South African Migration was released on 28 July 2017 by the Department of Home Affairs. Whether you have foreign workers in South Africa, South African workers abroad or deal in any capacity with these changes, there is now a unique window to get...

Government must walk its SME talk

Government faces two key issues: severe and worsening unemployment on the one hand, and a growing gap between what the fiscus needs and the tax it can collect. Taking decisive action to grow the SME sector has the potential to resolve, at least partially, both issues,...

The changing workplace

It’s the 21st century and the way we work is rapidly changing. More people are choosing to do their work away from the office, a movement inspired and often implemented by Millennials. With the leaps and bounds of technological progression, being chained to a...