Siemens, Salesforce partner on workspace solutions
Salesforce and Siemens have announced a strategic partnership to develop a new workplace technology suite that will support businesses globally to safely reopen and deliver the future experience for physical workplaces. The partnership will combine Salesforce's...
New platform for those who’ve lost jobs
Covid-19 lockdown measures have forced many South African companies to make major cutbacks and initiate retrenchment procedures. As more people enter the job market, 21st Century is partnering with I Got Hired, a global employability and retrenchment platform, to make...
Sage to launch CakeHR in SA
Sage has announced that CakeHR by Sage is now available in South Africa. This native cloud solution simplifies and automates HR tasks for small and growing businesses. CakeHR is an intuitive solution that drives productivity and transparency, including automation of...
Why employee testing for Covid-19 is essential
As South Africa gradually reopens the economy, the Department of Health has issued guidelines intended to protect workers from exposure to Covid-19. The Guidelines, which appear in the Covid-19 Occupational Health and Safety Measures in Workplaces Directive published...
Shelter your business during the economic downturn
It has been more than a week since a large majority of businesses have been allowed to operate again as the country reached level three of the national lockdown. By Arnoux Maré, MD of Innovative Staffing Solutions While it may still be too early to expect businesses...
Is company culture hindering your mobile workforce?
While the mobile workforce has long been possible in theory, thanks to the ready availability of cloud technologies, many enterprises have continued to operate in a more traditional manner. The Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns around the globe have forced...
GetSet-4IR aims to scale access to digital skills training
Impact Amplifier, a social innovation accelerator and advisory firm, has launched GetSet-4IR, an initiative supported by Google.org. Through a series of ecosystem interventions, GetSet-4IR aims to address the shortage of digital skills in South Africa and bring youth...
What happened to my net take home pay?
Starting a new job in an employee's career is usually an exciting event with the additional prospect of increasing their earning potential in most cases. With the evolution of payroll systems over the years, it is natural to accept that there should not be any...
Becoming a digital workforce
The future of work has always been a popular topic for discussion, especially among HR and payroll practitioners. However, the current Covid-19 pandemic and the resultant lockdown many countries have experienced are fast tracking discussions towards more practical...
Hundreds of thousands will work from home for the rest of 2020
In South Africa, it is anticipated that a large percentage of the workforce will keep working from home for the next year, even after all the lockdown levels are lifted, according to Theo Reddy, principal head of solutions for intelligent infrastrcuture at Dimension...
Video CVs can help you stand out from the crowd
You have seven seconds to impress a hiring manager: about as long as it takes to read this sentence. By Matthew Kibby, vice-president: services for Sage Recruitment at Sage Africa & Middle East In fact, you probably have less than that. South Africa is bleeding...
You want to retrench: now what?
As a result of the current economic crisis that the world faces, organisational change is an unfortunate reality for many businesses. This can lead to changes in the market as businesses adopt WFH (work from home), shifts in business strategies, the need to optimise...