As the number of complaints against pension schemes rises, an index showing the best and worst pensions systems in the world ranks SA at 26 out of the 37 countries in the list, writes Legalbrief. SA received a D ranking ... Read More
New referrals linked to the National Minimum Wage Act will increase the labour dispute caseload by 25% this financial year, says William Thomson, acting national senior commissioner for dispute prevention and training at the CCMA. There have been 19 500 ... Read More
The Food and Allied Workers Union (Fawu), shaken by factional battles and a multi-m i l l i o n-rand financial scandal, faces deregistration because of poor corporate governance and alleged mismanagement of membership fees, according to a Mail & ... Read More
A Shoprite regional manager who was under investigation after allegedly referring to black employees as lazy kaffirs has been found not guilty. The Times quotes Shoprite as saying that the manager was cleared after she, alongside a branch manager, were subjected ... Read More
Most SA citizens are well aware that their fundamental constitutional rights include the right of freedom of conscience, religion, thought, belief and opinion, and labour laws are no exception, writes Bradley Workman-Davies, director and labour law specialist at Werksmans Attorneys ... Read More
An estimated 300 000 people with mental health conditions fall out of work every year in the UK. Personnel Today reports that this is according to Justin Tomlinson, the UK Minister for Disabled People, who said getting people with mental ... Read More
The United Auto Workers strike in the US will continue through at least Friday as members vote on the union’s tentative deal with General Motors, but there’s no guarantee the work stoppage will end once all the votes have been ... Read More
Ethnic minorities in the UK earn around 10% less than white workers, even once individual and job characteristics are taken into account, The Independent reports the Bank of England has found. The central bank set out to go beyond simple ... Read More
A majority of UK business leaders would like to see the agreement negotiated by Boris Johnson with the EU approved, Personnel Today reports a snap survey of members by the Institute of Directors (IoD) indicates. When asked ‘from what you ... Read More
