Telkom workers take voluntary retrenchment

At least 2 000 workers will leave Telkom today, having taken voluntary retrenchment. Trade union Solidarity says it has learned that Telkom has accepted a total of 2 393 employees’ applications for voluntary severance packages, most of which will end today. According...

Workers swing to flexibility

Almost half of the global working population considers it important to have flexible working hours. The Flexibility in Work Life report from Ericsson ConsumerLab shows that today’s working population places great value on the importance of pleasure and the pursuit of...
Gauteng workers are SA’s top earners

Gauteng workers are SA’s top earners

Salaries for workers in Gauteng are between 20% and 30% higher than for their counterparts in the Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal. However, the gap only applies to certain sectors, says Paul Byrne, MD of CareerJunction. CareerJunction’s latest salary review, based on actual salary offerings on the Web site, indicates that these salary disparities are mainly felt by professionals in engineering; finance; administration, office and support; warehousing and logistics; and manufacturing and assembly.

The future of the mobile worker

The future of the mobile worker

As mobility becomes more important for workers, they tend to use more than one device in order to get their jobs done wherever they are and whenever it’s relevant. These are among the findings from the second Global Evolving Workforce Study by Dell and Intel, which...
Gauteng workers are SA’s top earners

SA set for 7% wage increase

South African employers are forecasting 7% pay rises for staff in 2015 – the same as they received in 2014. This is according to the latest Salary Trends survey by ECA International, which finds that local increases are among the top 20 highest in the survey.