Mar 5, 2014
Mindsets in South African companies regarding working mothers are changing quickly, with a new Regus survey indicating that 83% of South African firms believe companies that will not employ women returning from maternity leave are missing out. Far from returning with...
Feb 14, 2014
Employees who fall victim to abuse and bullying at the workplace have several options in terms of recourse. However, experts in the HR field believe a systematic and focused strategy of documenting incidents with the idea of discussion at top level to hold those...
Jan 8, 2014
Almost nine in 10 customer-facing employees (89%) want to please customers – yet they cannot. This is according to research commissioned by Ricoh and conducted by Forrester Consulting, which reveals a gap between customer expectations and what employees are able...
Dec 5, 2013
Staff turnover is one of the most significant HR costs in any business. The direct costs seem obvious; recruitment advertising, screening, interviewing, reference checking, assessments, contracts, followed by induction and training, all in terms of the hard costs and...
Dec 3, 2013
Attracting and retaining the right employees will be a top priority for mid-sized companies in the coming months. This is according to Sage’s annual Business Index, which surveyed nearly 2 000 medium-sized businesses in 17 countries. The survey showed that the war for...
