Cosatu has declared its national day of action on labour and socio-economic issues to coincide with the World Day for Decent Work on 7 October, as a success, with the government of national unity (GNU) bearing the brunt of marchers ... Read More

By 2025, SA’s economy could grow by 3% and create more than 2m new jobs if the partnership between business and government continues to address crises in electricity and logistics, and crime and corruption. A Daily Maverick report notes this ... Read More

The Portfolio Committee on Communications & Digital Technologies has cautiously welcomed Minister Solly Malatsi’s announcement that the government is considering the option of privatising the SA Post Office (Sapo). However, a Cape Argus report says Cosatu has condemned calls to ... Read More

Amcu has called on the Department of Mineral Resources to revoke the licence of Seriti Coal Mines in Mpumalanga after the mine announced that it planned to retrench over 100 workers due to commercial sustainability issues. The mine has cited ... Read More

Recent legislative changes, particularly the Companies Amendment Bill 2024 and amendments to the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) Listings Requirements, have significantly altered corporate governance and remuneration policies, and Dr Chris Blair, in a Moneyweb opinion piece, lays out the the ... Read More

Around 300 000 people aged 16 to 64 who report having a work-limiting health condition leave the workforce each year, an interim report by the UK’s Commission for Healthier Working Lives, established by the Health Foundation, has found. According to ... Read More

A historic US port strike has been suspended and a tentative agreement was reached on wages, says the International Longshoremen’s Association and the US Maritime Alliance. The tentative agreement would increase workers’ wages by 62% over the life of the ... Read More

More than 350 women KCs and judges came together in the Great Hall of the Royal Courts of Justice to mark 75 years since women first became King’s Counsel. A Law Gazette report notes that the celebratory event was organised ... Read More

The UK Labour Government’s ‘once in a generation’ reforms to workers’ rights could take years to kick in, and will not all be introduced at once. The government has said it will publish the draft Employment Rights Bill within 100 ... Read More

* Amcu has rejected reasons given by coal mining giant, Seriti, for its planned retrenchment of 1 100 workers at two of its operations in Mpumalanga. Amcu president, Joseph Mathunjwa, said that the company’s decision was irrational. Read More

* The National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union (Nehawu) held a picket at the Department of Employment & Labour's labour centre in Durban on 3 October as they commemorated the World Federation of Trade Unions’ International Day of Action ... Read More

* A workers’ group representing security guards and cleaning staff has marched to the KZN Premier’s Office demanding direct employment by the government, instead of the ‘exploitative’ tender system. In addition to direct employment and a demand for in-sourcing, the group ... Read More