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 ... Read More

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 ... Read More

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 ... Read More

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 ... Read More

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 ... Read More

‘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 ... Read More

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 ... Read More

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 ... Read More

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 ... Read More

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 ... Read More

* 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 ... Read More

* 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 ... Read More

* 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 ... Read More