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 | EZRA PILLAY When developing a compliance function from inception, a compliance officer can have paralysis from analysis, especially when there has not been a pre-existing compliance function... Read |
| Employee Wellness |
 | ISSUED BY DISCOVERY INVEST In a claim experience analysis, Discovery Group Risk has reported claim pay-outs to the value of R1.48 billion in the year to June 2020, including at least R100m directly due to Covid-19... Read |
 | Shaun Lamont, managing director of First Group Hotels and Resorts, says Covid-19 has given us the gift of being able to work remotely, thus making room for much-needed flexibility, especially over December. Here are a few things to consider when booking your working holiday... Read |
| Employer Branding |
 | JESSICA TENNANT During Loeries Creative Week, Jess Weiner, CEO of Talk to Jess in the US talked to the power of inclusivity and of belonging in the work that we do, both in the creative industry and in our work environment... Read |
| HR Tools & Software |
 | MICHELLE COETZEE, ISSUED BY ERSBIO The South African-based software developer, ERS Bio is using decades of experience in both biometrics and staff monitoring solutions to open doors to businesses of any size and with any number of locations... Read |
| Labour Law & Unions |
 | Yesterday, judgment was handed down in the Constitutional Court of the Republic of South Africa which declared section 1(xix)(v) of the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act, 1993 unconstitutional to the extent that it excludes domestic workers employed in private households from the definition of "employee", thereby preventing them from accessing workers' compensation. Read |
 | NADINE MATHER AND PASCALE TOWERS In September 2019, the #SandtonShutdown protest took place in an effort to highlight the crucial role of businesses in tackling gender-based violence. One of the placards during the protest read, "Make my safety your business". The message was clear. Businesses were urged to make gender-based violence one of their strategic issues and actively address it in the workplace... Read |
| Management |
 | There's a famous saying by diversity and inclusion consultant Verna Myers: "Diversity is being invited to the party, inclusion is being asked to dance, and belonging is dancing like no one's watching"... Read |
 | The coronavirus pandemic will have long-term effects on offices as the habits and routines developed of a century of work have vanished overnight... Read |
| Skills Development & Training |
 | The gradual rebounding of the South African economy should be seen as an opportunity for corporates to change the way they look at skills development. Experts say a bigger emphasis should be placed on planning for the future, and now is the perfect opportunity for that type of thinking in business... Read |
 | B-BBEE is a powerful empowerment mechanism that seeks to create an inclusive, vibrant economy. However, Rajan Naidoo, managing director of EduPower Skills Academy, cautions that it's important that the intent of the legislation is upheld through the selection of appropriate B-BBEE implementation partners, especially for skills development... Read |
| Youth Employment |
 | WeThinkCode_ is seeking small and medium company partners to join its SME Placement Programme, which places its students as interns in partner companies during their work placement period... Read |
 | Cabinet has approved the submission of the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) Amendment Bill for public comment... Read |
| Africa |
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 | NJ AYUK Last spring, the Maersk Voyager, an ultra-deepwater drillship under contract by French supermajor Total, sank a wildcat well to a depth of 3,628 meters (11,903 feet) in Block 48... Read |
 | ALLYSON M POLLOCK, MOSES OCAN & PETRA SEVCIKOVA The World Health Organisation (WHO) introduced an essential medicine list in 1977. The aim was to help countries prioritise which medicines to make available for public use... Read |
 | Africa is not getting the investment needed to help the world meet the United Nation's (UN's) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030... Read |
 | BHAVTIK VALLABHJEE Forward thinking investors and entrepreneurs in the African energy sector will deliver significant downstream benefits for the continent in the coming years... Read |
 | MICHAEL E ODIJIE A free trade agreement, in its most basic sense, is an attempt by existing industries to find new markets. Their need to do this arises from industrialisation - that is, the process of developing sectors that attract high levels of protection in the international market... Read |
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 | DR YUDHVIR SEETHARAM The Black Friday sales that have long been a part of the retail landscape in the United States and Canada have steadily gained popularity and traction in many other parts of the world, including South Africa... Read |
 | According to Bonga Xulu, Johannesburg's regional portfolio manager at TUHF, SMMEs have a crucial role to play in South Africa's economic recovery as the Covid-19 pandemic remains an ongoing concern. Read |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE The National Small Business Chamber (NSBC) hosted the 2020 South African Small Business Awards virtually to announce the champions of entrepreneurship... Read |
 | Local female entrepreneurs will gather to network, learn from each other and urge the private sector as well as the government to do more to support the economic development of women... Read |
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