Staff inventive errors to avoid in 2017

It’s a new year and organisations across the globe are asking the same question. How can we better incentivise our staff? For many, 2016 was a difficult year. A good success strategy for 2017 would not be completed without guidelines on motivating staff to...

Put payroll first at tax year-end says CRS Technologies

Come financial year-end many businesses are eager to finish up for the period and tie up loose ends… however, it is essential that the payroll administration function is comprehensively dealt with warns HR and HCM services and solution specialist CRS...

Are you abusing your sick leave?

Owing to the fact that sick leave is fully paid and the employer is obliged to pay out the employee’s full monthly salary on the usual pay day, sick leave abuse remains rife in many workplace environments. Kay Vittee, CEO of Quest Staffing Solutions, says that...

How to become an employer of choice

Michelle Moss, director of assessments at Talent Africa, a company that helps companies in South Africa and parts of Sub-Saharan Africa find talent, believes that offering staff opportunities to grow and giving them room to express themselves is key to employee...

The future of HR in the next decade

The decade could be messy for those organisations that fail to recognise the impending HR revolution and act upon it. And that action needs to take place now, writes Mark McCallum, chief technology officer of Orange Business Services. This is according to a white...

Don’t risk employee anger over payroll errors

It’s not uncommon for a payroll to be consistently managed so poorly that workers threaten to strike over incorrectly administered pay. Often, the person administering the payroll is not adequately qualified for the job. Lavine Haripersad, a director of the...