Use payroll to keep employees inspired, engaged
The payroll professional has access to a vast repository of knowledge that can fundamentally change how employees engage with their income and the organisation. While the payroll expert may innately understand how tax, medical aid and budgets fluctuate, for the...
Home Affairs to enforce legal immigrant employment
Companies may expect "a knock on the door" from the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) to conduct required audits and investigations on their employment practices of immigrant workers, the director from the DHA's corporate account unit, Ben Makhalemele has warned. By...
Neglecting the era of knowledge workers
Over the past 40 years our workforce has transcended from doing labour with their hands to working with their brains. We haven't got the slightest clue what knowledge work is and that's an enormous problem, writes lifehacker, international guest speaker and thought...
Roles (not jobs) rule in the digital era
It is true to say that much of our identity comes from our jobs. Our economy builds on these and the types of jobs that are in demand (and their distribution and compensation) are often a proxy for what society considers important. The trouble is, jobs as a term feels...
Nerd academy programme launches in the Karoo
A nerd alert has been issued by the Karoo Tech Hub, an initiative run by video production company Piehole.tv in collaboration with ProcurementExpress.com. With an estimated 45% unemployment rate in the Eastern Cape, the tech hub has launched a free programme called...
Expat pay more complicated than the exchange rate
Experts trained in how to balance the expectations of international workers with the strategic, financial and practical constraints faced by the employer are in high demand. The driver of this demand is the technology that makes a larger international mobile workforce...
Do’s and don’ts of hiring millennials
Much has been said over the last few years about the millennial workers entering the workplace and how this generation is going to redefine and reshape the workplace of the future. But is this getting organisations in a panic over changing their hiring policies and...
The trend toward paid leave for volunteering
If you've ever donated your personal time to help others, you've likely experienced what psychologists call the "helper's high", or the feeling of euphoria we experience when we help others. It's addictive and we want to experience it again and again, writes Joanne...
Tips for a successful management-level job interview
While all interviews can seem overwhelming and intimidating, interviewing for a management-level job is usually quite different from the usual job interview that most of us have experienced. ManpowerGroup South Africa's MD, Lyndy van den Barselaar, shares her thoughts...
Opportunities for AI in the payroll sector
Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the many digital disruptions that poses unique opportunities and risks to all parts of business, including payroll. This is according to Lavine Haripersad, vice-chairman of the South African Payroll Association (SAPA), who says...
Top tips for SMME recruiting
Small, medium and micro-sized enterprises (SMMEs) conducting their own recruitment may carry higher risk of bad hiring choices than larger firms using recruitment specialists, unless they set systems in place to reference and vet prospective candidates. This is...
Rising through digital transformation
Despite the prominence of digital transformation in every facet of our lives, most organisations, including those that are considered "ahead of the game", say their leadership pipeline and existing leaders are not yet prepared to fully tackle the challenges of digital...