Woolworths Growth Academy is a trailblazing 12-18 month career development programme aimed at both current employees as well as unemployed and underemployed previously disadvantaged graduates. The programme tackles the shortage of skills that plagues the local retail industry and imparts Woolworths values of quality and style, value, innovation, service,...

2010 is no doubt a milestone year for South Africa as we anticipate the arrival of the world for the biggest event ever to be hosted on the African continent, the FIFA 2010 World Cup. And, while 2009 was all about apprehension and anxiety in the wake of the...

1 FURTHER CLAMP DOWN ON SALARY STRUCTURING
During the 2009 budget speech, the following changes to travel allowances were announced. From 1 March 2010, 80% of a travel allowance will be subject to Pay-As-You-Earn. In addition, the use of deemed kilometres will fall away and a travel log book...

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Employers would be well advised to seriously ponder several critical World Cup-related issues.

TIME OFF
With private and public schools to close during the World Cup, many employees, especially those who are parents, will want time off from work.

Some public sector...

The purpose of this document is to create awareness around probable business travel restrictions during the Soccer World Cup to be held June - July 2010.

Although the official World Cup is 11 June - 11 July 2010, the period between March and July 2010 will be an exceptionally...

A recent survey conducted among a group of returning South African executives found that their primary reason for returning to South Africa was to be reunited with family and friends and to be more involved in the development of the country.

Conducted by MINDCOR, the survey also found that...

As of the first of March 2010, the legislation regarding the taxation of travel allowances will change radically. Any employer who pays travel allowances will have to take the new legislation into account, or face strict penalties.

Illegal travel allowances are high risk and can result in substantial liabilities....

Clicks Group retains #1 ranking in SA’s Leading Managers 2009/10
The Clicks Group is, for the second year running, awarded the #1 Publisher’s Choice ranking in CRF South Africa’s leadership research project: SA’s Leading Managers. The CRF Institute together with the panel of moderating judges consisting of industry, academic...

Human capital management firm Adcorp has been cleared in arbitration by a senior advocate in the dispute regarding the suspension of the Group CFO, Faunce Burd, along with five other employees. The arbitrator Advocate Roland Sutherland SC, has found in favour of the company in respect of all issues...

The allegations of financial irregularity by seven people including the CFO Faunce Burd are false and without any foundation whatsoever and will be challenged. The plot to besmirch and tarnish the reputation of the company - even resorting to acts bordering on blackmail and extortion - stems from a...

Human resource managers who continually juggle the demands of their organisation’s HR needs can now benefit from access to online labour law information, step-by-step procedural advice and templates for HR legal documents. LexisNexis, one of the world’s leading providers of risk management information, has recently launched its labour relations...

The Institute of Directors in Southern Africa (IoDSA) has become totally independent from its London counterpart, and to mark this new dispensation it has introduced a fresh brand identity. This comes as the Institute recently launched the internationally-recognised King III Report, further establishing its status as a proponent of...

The National Hospital Network, which represents the majority of independent hospitals in South Africa supports universal access to healthcare for all South African citizens.

‘As a result of our tariffs being the lowest in the market, we are ideally situated to provide health services for NHI. Some of our hospitals are...

Everybody involved in the current healthcare debate in South Africa agrees on the desired outcome; that in an ideal world, quality healthcare should be accessible to all income groups. To achieve this, healthcare policy makers have to balance the challenges of protecting the expertise and capacity in the private...

Brandon Huntley, a South African citizen who claimed and received asylum in Canada, has been granted refugee status on the basis of his alleged persecution as a white man, by black people whom he alleges mugged him seven times and uttered racist remarks at him during the commission of...

In the July edition of HR Future there was an article about the debacle surrounding late registrations of birth.

In this article Julian Pokroy commended the new process for late registrations of birth as being an effective mechanism and tool for rooting out the abuse of the late...

Based on their talent management tradition and best practice, Accenture scooped the overall “BEST Employer™ in South  Africa” title for 2009/10.

Accenture, after a rigorous research process, has been ranked as the number one employer of professional talent in the country by international research and media group CRF...

Local specialist web application development company, White Wall Web, has announced the immediate availability of Twitsumé, a free online application that enables users of the popular micro-blogging/social network, Twitter, to capture their résumé in a professional Twitter-friendly format and share it with their Twitter networks and the world.

Peter...

Isandla Institute and the Open Society Foundation for South Africa invite you to a Development Dialogue on:

Does higher education produce the knowledge, skills, competencies and people needed for South Africa’s development?

Thursday 18 June 2009, 16h30 - 18h00
(tea and coffee served beforehand, please be seated...

New quota category of work permits
The Minister of Home Affairs has on the 25th May 2009 under Government Gazette No. 32261, gazetted the specific professional categories and specific occupational classes in terms of Section 19(1) of the Immigration Act No. 13 of 2002.  This list is based on...