Focus
Pushback against Equity Amendment Act
With the launch date of the new Employment Equity Amendment Act (EEAA) – recently signed into law by President Cyril Rampahosa – around the corner, attention is turning to how businesses will adapt. And some are already starting to push ...
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South Africa
Busa calls for rescue of failing UIF
Business Unity SA (Busa) has reiterated its call for the UIF to be placed under administration immediately because it is failing to pay benefits to workers. Busa said the weak operations and lack of governance, accountability and transparency in the UIF ...
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Public sector takes the cake on pay
The average public service employee in SA earns R41 200 per month in 2024 – a figure that surpasses the national average, which includes the private sector, by R14 400. This stark wage disparity, highlighted in the 2024 compensation and ...
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Despite fluctuations, there has been jobs growth
Despite fluctuations in quarterly unemployment data, SA has gained roughly 200 000 jobs over the past year, says a BusinessTech report. SA’s employment landscape has shown significant improvement, with the official unemployment rate declining to 32.1% in the third ...
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Union unhappy with Sekunjalo Group bank closures
Striking SAA pilots are back flying
Municipal official to receive payout for unfair dismissal
Facial recognition glitch results in R1 salary for worker
Judge throws out race pay dispute
LPC CEO involved in lifestyle audit tussle
Exxaro CEO suspended over ‘harsh’ management style
Top police spymaster gets job-saving lifeline
Precautionary suspension for Sassa CEO
George building collapse report due next year
City manager’s appointment ruled irregular
Analysis
Kindness no longer optional, but now essential
In today’s rapidly evolving, high-stress work environments, kindness is often overshadowed by deadlines, productivity goals and a focus on profit maximisation. Yet, says Caroline Castrillon, career, entrepreneurship and women at work contributor in a Forbes report, fostering a culture of ...
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Proactive approach needed to address LGBTQ harassment
Broad population studies show LGBTQ people experience sexual harassment in the workplace and at education and training institutions at disproportionately higher rates than heterosexual women. But there is limited understanding of how LGBTQ young people experience workplace sexual harassment. Researchers ...
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Workers' unethical acts linked to bosses' disengagement
By applying ‘organisational moral disengagement’, employers may be making employees complicit in unethical behaviour and practices. This was revealed in research by Aston and East Anglia universities, that shows how organisations may – sometimes unwittingly – foster environments where unethical ...
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Health
Leaders play vital part in cancer support
HR and business leaders play a vital part in providing much-needed support to help employees with cancer navigate their life after being diagnosed. But, Barbara Wilson, founder and director of charity Working With Cancer writes in an HR Magazine report ...
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Mines are the third most dangerous workplace
Mining and quarrying is the sector with the third highest prevalence of workplace harm globally. The most dangerous is fishing (24%) followed by construction (22%). SMEStreet reports that this is according to the latest Lloyd’s Register Foundation World Risk Poll ...
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Flexible policies needed to support menstrual health
While it is important to dispel the myth that all menstruators experience painful menstrual symptoms or related illnesses, these issues are still a cause for concern in the workplace. Considering people spend a significant amount of time at work, Meaghan ...
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World
Balance needed to fix Europe’s sick leave crisis
Calling in sick from work is not just a one-off episode in Europe. It’s now become a widespread trend among employees, making the ‘sick man’ moniker that’s chased European economies into a reality. Unlike vacation days, which employees are entitled ...
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Japanese bank bosses take pay cut over criminal employee
The boss of Japanese bank Nomura has taken a temporary pay cut after a former employee was charged with stealing from clients, attempted murder and arson. CEO Kentaro Okuda will voluntarily return 30% of his pay for three months, and ...
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Boeing steps back from employee monitoring plans
Boeing has paused its efforts to install and use employee-monitoring sensors, including at its office in Everett, Washington, after media inquiries followed an employee’s leak of the plans. The Register reports an unnamed Boeing employee at Everett, a key manufacturing ...
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Outrage over bonuses for failing rugby union bosses
Tokyo’s four-day week plan to boost birth rates
Flexibility can boost workforce retention
Young workers not showing ‘job readiness’
No progress in lowering gender pay gaps in the UK
Bonus benefits for Aussie tech and Taylor Swift workers
Briefs
Namibian President-elect vows to fix unemployment
* Namibia’s President-elect Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah pledged ‘radical shifts’ to fix the country’s high levels of poverty and unemployment, in her first press conference since winning the election. Nandi-Ndaitwah will take office in March as the first woman to hold the post ...
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Vodacom leads social responsibility standings
* According to the latest findings, Vodacom has emerged as the leader in corporate social impact for the eighth consecutive year. The telecommunications giant was ranked first by corporate peers for its developmental impact, with Anglo American, Nedbank, FirstRand, MTN, Sasol ...
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Nampak announces new empowerment deal
* Packaging group Nampak has entered into an empowerment transaction that will be implemented with a new private equity fund. The company said the fund would be managed via the Nampak incubated private equity fund manager Cambrian Capital Partners.
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Data shows 16 000 teachers have criminal records
Video shows JMPD officer misconduct
Top gold miner announces restructuring
Case Law Briefs
Brain Gear Investments v Buhle Waste (BEE shareholding)
SCA:
Brain Gear Investments (Pty) Ltd and Others v Buhle Waste (Pty) Ltd and Another
Judgment: 5 December 2024
Keywords: Administrative law ̶̶̶̶̶ Decision by municipality to approve shareholding in water services provider subject to oversight by the municipality of 28 ...
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Theewaterskloof Municipality v Council of Theewaterskloof
Western Cape High Court (Cape Town):
Theewaterskloof Local Municipality v Council of Theewaterskloof Local Municipality
Judgment: 2 December 2024
Keywords: Interdict – requirements – separation of powers – municipal law – legal personality of municipality and council – mootness
Summary ...
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