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Alexander Forbes and its former CEO Andrew Darfoor’s breakup gone wrong?
The relationship of trust between and employer and its employees is, in our opinion, absolutely necessary as a key ingredient to avoiding conflict at the workplace. However, in the event that the employer considers that the relationship has broken down, it is not enough for an employer to merely allege a breakdown in the
The B-BBEE Commission issued a practice guide
The B-BBEE Commission issued a practice guide recently, which set to clarify the confusion around the validity of verification certificates, CIPC BEE certificates, and affidavits. B-BBEE Commission Practice Guide 1 of 2018 The guides us (amongst other things): on what constitutes a valid BEE verification certificate, CIPC BEE certificate, EME affidavit, and QSE affidavit. With
YES Initiative
What YES Does. Over the next three years, YES – led and supported by the private sector – will incentivise businesses to employ young people, giving them a chance at a life-changing first work experience. With a unique collaboration between government, labour, civil society and the youth, this represents a benchmark in fresh, bold responses
Transformation and BBBEE take another turn!
Transformation and BBBEE take another turn. Hello More BBBEE to deal with! But it is a significant change in the BBBEE Legislation. It enables any organisation, EME, QSE or Generic to enhance its BBBEE level by one or two levels by providing jobs for young black people under the Youth Employment Service Initiative; The gazzette
Man fired after painting rainbow nation black and white.
O no! How is it possible that people are still ruining the future of our rainbow nation, bringing ill-repute to their employers and losing their own jobs, by spewing out racist rhetoric? Companies should be taking pro-active steps to educate their employees! Did you know that a Company can be held vicariously liable for the
BBBEE is a BBBEEG conundrum. Is it working?
Transformation is a hot potato for everyone in SA. Some think it doesn’t work, some say nothing has transformed in SA and others say that BBBEE is a killer for job creation. I have also been told that the government statistics are incorrect. Whichever way, we look at it, more engagement is necessary! We feel
Job Creation: Who is Smoking it away?
We, at IR Insights, are always conscious of how court decisions affect your day-to-day business. The law on cigarette trade may not be of interest to everyone, but what is interesting is that this is one of few occasions where trade unions and employers are sitting on the same side of the fence! Illicit trade
Historic court victory against labour brokers celebrated – SAFTU
Politicsweb reports on 26 July 2018 Federation congratulates its affiliate NUMSA on the successful conclusion of its long court battle SAFTU hails historic court victory against labour brokers 26 July 2018 The South African Federation of Trade Unions is celebrating the historic, ground-breaking judgement of the Constitutional Court that the correct interpretation of the Labour
Civil engineering body SAICE calls emergency meeting over CEO’s comments about women
Fin24 reports that the SA Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) is to hold an emergency board meeting on Wednesday to discuss CEO Manglin Pillay’s widely criticised comments about women. The organisation said in a statement that it was aware of the current controversy caused after Pillay penned a column in the July Civil Engineering magazine questioning
Gautrain wage strike continues into second week
in24 reports that as the Gautrain strike entered its second week on Monday, the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) conducted the first day of its intervention in the industrial action. According to United National Transport Union (UNTU) spokesperson Sonja Carstens, the Bombela Operating Company (BOC), which runs the Gautrain, put a new offer on
Sexual-Harassment
In a recent decision of the Labour Court in Platinum Mines Limited v UASA obo Pietersen and Others [2018] ZALCJHB 72 Rustenburg, our courts made a strong statement around sexual harassment in the workplace. The court went on to say that – “In the face and growth of global movements such as ‘#MeToo’; ‘The Silence Breakers’; ‘#NotInMyName’,
Budget Speech 2017 Infographic
On a quick perusal of the Budget Speech with the help of the Standard Bank Infographic, It looks like we need to get the economy working more than ever before! With the fuel levy increase, the cost of living is going to rise and small business will suffer the most! Let’s focus then on getting