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19 March 2024 Labour & Employment Watch

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South Africa


Mystery of senior public servants' qualifications

At the end of 2023, the qualifications of 1 779 senior management service staff in the government were not specified on the central system used for the administration of the public service payroll (Persal), BusinessLIVE reports Public Service & Administration ... Read More

Salaries stalled at 2006 levels

South Africans now earn on average what they earned in 2006, taking inflation into account, because SA's economic growth has been trending lower since 2013. The country’s economy only grew by 0.6% in 2023, according to GDP data ... Read More

Not enough money to pay full increases – SARS

SARS commissioner Edward Kieswetter has told unions representing its employees that the taxman’s funding deficits between R2.35bn and R3.5bn over a three-year period forced him not to fully increase salaries by 6.2%. A Sunday Independent report notes ... Read More

Analysis


Cadre deployment ‘was always a fraught idea’

‘It is not that cadre deployment has been given a bad name, it’s that it is a bad idea.’ For this reason, says the Institute of Race Relations’ Terence Corrigan, cadre deployment must be done away with, completely. ‘Where ... Read More

Health


Long Covid sufferers seek compensation

Dozens of UK healthcare workers with long Covid are waiting for the High Court to progress their compensation claim. The group of around 70 people is suing the National Health Service, alongside other employers, for loss of income due to ... Read More

World


Kenyan judge rules for diversity policy

The recruitment of 1 406 revenue service assistants by the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) last year was unconstitutional, the High Court has said. Justice William Musyoka ruled that the exercise, which was conducted by the KRA last year, was heavily ... Read More

DRC child labour case dismissed

A US federal appeals court has dismissed a lawsuit that alleged that five major tech companies were complicit in the use of child labour to mine cobalt in the DRC. The lawsuit named Apple, Microsoft, Tesla, Dell Technologies and Google ... Read More

Briefs


Santam ups minimum wage

* Santam has joined Old Mutual in setting its minimum wage at R15 000 per month, putting pressure on other financial services companies to reconsider their minimum wages. Santam has a 6 472 workforce, making it one of the biggest employers ... Read More

IEC leak accused fired

* The Electoral Commission of SA has confirmed that an employee behind the leaking of the ANC and uMkhonto weSizwe Party’s candidates lists has been fired. The lists, which includes personal information of the parties’ national and provincial candidates, started making ... Read More

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