Engineering promotes sustainable development, empowers communities

The World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development tomorrow (4 March) has an impact on how engineering is perceived. This is the word from Elana Forbes, a structural engineer at infrastructure firm AECOM, who says: “It is extremely important to increase...

Restraints of trade and settlement agreements: a lesson for employers

According to a recent judgment from the Labour Appeal Court (LAC), when concluding settlement agreements with former employees, employers must actively preserve their rights to enforce restraint of trade undertakings, and other important protections. By Brett Abraham,...

Conflict costs SA companies billions and could stunt growth

In the wake of tighter budgets, and even potential layoffs, many businesses will be starting the year with restructured or entirely new teams. A big part of ensuring that they perform optimally will be identifying and de-escalating any workplace conflict. And, with...

Human connection key to retaining employees

Permacrisis, meaning an extended period of instability and insecurity, was the word of 2022 according to Collins Dictionary. By Sarah Rice, chief people officer at Skynamo This is quite fitting considering the various crises faced in South Africa and around the world....

How can HR leaders remain relevant in 2023?

Have you noticed how many previously unheard-of towns and cities are being touted as digital nomad havens? Locals are, in many cases, up in arms, helplessly watching property prices escalate as their quiet conurbations chase a cosmopolitan dream that they didn’t...