Reduce tax risk, use qualified professionals
It's personal tax season again and millions of South Africans are busy filling out their tax returns. To avoid any delays in this widescale process, payroll departments across the nation must work quickly and in strict compliance with the law. Failure to do so could...
Oracle graduates set to enter the workplace
Twenty four PDI South African students has completed the Oracle Graduate Leadership Programme that equips them with specialised IT and leadership skills to secure employment in the country's fast growing ICT industry. "With the fourth industrial revolution set to be...
Econz Wireless releases Timecard GPS
Econz Wireless has released another new feature for Econz Timecard. Clock-in Lock lets companies restrict the location where the employees can clock in. "Many of our customers with one or more job sites have requested this feature," says Thomas Marshall, sales...
Let’s start beating back unemployment
The private sector has a significant role to play in growing business-ready skills and curtailing unemployment, says Alan Turnley-Jones, executive for services: Middle East and Africa at Dimension Data. With the country having reached its highest unemployment level...
Workplace diversity makes business sense
Companies that embrace workplace diversity and inclusion as a source of growth and innovation for their businesses will perform better than those that don't-- and that applies as much to small businesses as it does to large enterprises. Kimberley Axon, head of people...
SilverBridge drives technology innovation
SilverBridge has concluded the second year of its Awesome Projects campaign rewarding innovative thinking by its employees. Such has been the quality of entrants that it will be implementing most project submissions as solutions in the organisation. "As one of the...
Intelligent analytics: use your data properly
Big data, analytics, business intelligence - these terms define a trend that has found its way into almost every business conversation. They also define the era of data and the need to harness the possibilities it presents. Everybody wants to know what the data is...
Sick leave abuse renders SA businesses unwell
Despite legislation that clearly defines the management of sick leave for full-time employees, the issue of effective sick leave management and tackling abuse remains a challenge for most companies. The situation becomes particularly troublesome at this time of the...
Tips for switching from employee to entrepreneur
You've been laid off, and after a period of discernment, you have decided to switch from employee to entrepreneur, but how can you make the switch successfully? ManpowerGroup South Africa's MD Lyndy van den Barselaar shares that successful entrepreneurship requires a...
Recession-proof payroll
The current economic outlook is set to have an impact on the bottom line, business and morale, but robust payroll auditing and management processes can curtail risk and support growth. Even in a recession. There are specific steps that can be put in place to mitigate...
It’s time we took steps to beat unemployment
The private sector has a significant role to play in growing business-ready skills and curtailing unemployment, says Alan Turnley-Jones, executive for services for the Middle East and Africa at Dimension Data. With the country having reached its highest unemployment...
Integr8 recognised for HR technology innovation
ICT managed services specialist Integr8 has been recognised for its HR technology, having been nominated as a finalist in the Future of HR Awards 2017 in the category Best HR Industry Innovation Using Technology. Lance Fanaroff, joint CEO of Integr8, explains that HR...