Aug 10, 2017
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...
Aug 7, 2017
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...
Aug 4, 2017
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...
Aug 3, 2017
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...
Aug 2, 2017
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...
Jul 31, 2017
Rene Miles, MD of Novare Investments, penned this open letter to the women who are in or want to enter the financial services industry. Certain stereotypes associated with the financial services industry remain true – the industry is still male dominated, men...
