Focus
Multi-pronged probe into George building tragedy
Several government departments are now involved in the investigation into the deadly building collapse in George, while the Western Cape provincial government has said that three independent engineers had been roped in to assess the site, writes Legalbrief. Also, the ...
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South Africa
Unemployment increase a blow for the ANC
SA’s jobless rate increased by 0.8 of a percentage point between the fourth quarter of last year and the first quarter of 2024. Daily Maverick reports the data, revealed by Statistics SA (Stats SA) yesterday, is the last Quarterly ...
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‘Progressive’ steel sector wage deal signed
Employers in the steel sector have signed an above-inflation multi-term wage deal with the largest union, potentially setting a precedent for future labour agreements and raising operational costs for the embattled sector. Numsa, which speaks for the majority of workers ...
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Notice to strike at RAF was defective – Labour Court
The strike notice issued by Numsa to the Road Accident Fund (RAF) in February was defective, the Labour Court in Johannesburg has ruled. Judge Robert Lagrange added that the intended strike that was interdicted by the RAF remains unprotected in ...
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Sibanye wins battle to fire sick-note fraudsters
New Labour Court rules gazetted
Durban strike violence case adjourned
Email campaign after DoJ officials suspended
Nehawu opposes Secretary’s suspension
Samwu’s Rustenberg workers strike over salary grades
SAPS danger pay ‘more than quadrupled’
Bara CEO’s appointment allegedly ‘illegal’
Ex-Telkom workers continue to fight for reinstatement
Msunduzi manager seeks urgent interdict
Health Council boss challenges disciplinary process
Putco employees demand revised suspension conditions
Claims of bias dismissed by Kodwa
Sapo unions continue to fight to save jobs
Regulator won't back down over stricter B-BBEE
Labour Court will hear 'pro-Israel' teacher's plea
O’Sullivan challenges retirement age of Hawks head
Greenlight for gender commissioner's misconduct inquiry
Statistics show huge differences in earnings
Four-day week not for the average worker – experts
Analysis
Minimum wage decreases poverty, study finds
Minimum wage policies are typically aimed at reducing poverty. Yet, write Ihsaan Bassier, researcher in economics, London School of Economics and Political Science and Professor Vimal Ranchhod at UCT, there is little direct evidence of this effect, especially in developing ...
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Cadre deployment ‘no longer valuable’
‘While the ANC’s cadre deployment policy was a valuable transitional policy that was necessary in the early stages of democracy, it cannot facilitate the growth and functionality that is required. SA needs a recruitment policy that emphasises the competence required ...
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Health
Guilt fuels presenteeism, study finds
A quarter (26%) of employees have felt or would feel guilty that colleagues would have to pick up extra work if they called in sick, People Management reports a survey has revealed. The poll of 2 000 UK employees by ...
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World
Kenya settles to end doctors' two-month strike
Kenyan public hospital doctors have signed a return to work agreement with the government to end a strike that started in mid-March, union and government officials said. VOA News reports that the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union, which ...
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NDAs a ‘toxic tool’ gagging thousands of UK women
Almost half a m i l l i o n women are gagged by confidentiality agreements after experiencing discrimination, bullying or harassment at work. The Independent reports this is according to a study, by the campaign group, Pregnant then Screwed ...
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Union workers vote to strike at UK Tata plant
Members of a steelworkers’ union in the UK have voted to take industrial action in protest at planned job losses at Tata. The Guardian reports this was after the company last month rejected a plan by unions to keep open ...
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Protests as five more workers killed in Italy
Toxic workplace fostered at US Government agency
Vatican employees sue over work conditions
Chinese tech exec loses job over comments
UK council to appeal employment tribunal ruling
Man U co-owner wants workers back in the office
Briefs
Few job losses from Shell’s exit
* Liquid Fuels Wholesalers Association of SA’s CEO, Peter Morgan, says Shell’s exit from the country is unlikely to lead to mass job cuts and the closure of its petrol stations, saying the group would probably follow the same approach it ...
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Sibanye lowers injury rate
* Sibanye-Stillwater has reported its lowest group serious injury frequency rate (SIFR) in its history for the first quarter, ended 31 March. The SIFR of 2.19 marked the third consecutive yearly improvement for the group’s SIFR since the first quarter ...
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Research to focus on safe nursing workpalce
* The Medical Research Council has granted a group of three researchers from the University of Fort Hare a R1m grant for their ground-breaking research project that seeks to unravel the intricate relationships between workplace safety, violence, and injury, as well ...
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WFH impacts on Uber’s profit