As the year rapidly draws to an end, we reflect on the year that was, and cast a critical eye towards the year ahead. 2025 will be remembered as a year of legal recalibration and rising labour costs for South African employers. Three big themes shaped the HR and labour relations landscape: a higher National Minimum Wage; a fresh wave of law-making and court challenges around, inter alia , employment equity and labour-law amendments; and continued pressure on dispute resolutio

South Africa’s labour relations landscape is as fluid as ever, requiring those tasked with its functional leadership and management to be...

Many human resource managers around the world are concerned that Artificial Intelligence (AI) will profoundly impact their jobs, and, in...

The last time a broad-based review of labour legislation was undertaken in South Africa was in 2009/10, with the amendments proposed at...

Much has been written and spoken about Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the past few years. AI is now top of the agenda in most boardrooms...

Unless you’ve been living under a rock the past month or so, you would have noticed that we now have a Government of National Unity (GNU)...

South Africans go to the polls next week to cast their votes in perhaps one of the most historic general elections in the country’s...

According to Statistics South Africa’s recently released Quarterly Employment Statistics report, total employment numbers decreased,...

This may come as a bit of a surprise to those not directly involved in the field of human resources, but there is indeed a difference...

Happy New Year to all my Readers, and welcome to my first Blog of the year. May 2024 bring peace and harmony to the world, and happiness,...

Much has been written recently about ‘quiet quitting’. Quiet quitting is when employees perform the minimum requirements of their jobs...

Regular readers of my blogs will recall my article titled, ‘It’s back, back, back to work I go’ published on 25 August, which concluded:...

Many employees have been mandated to return to the office as corporate giants around the world review and revise their Covid-induced...

Is there a correlation between the HR function in a company, and that company being ranked in the Top 25 companies to work for in South...

You may be excused for thinking things couldn’t get any worse in South Africa. The sad, indeed frightening reality is that it does. The...

A total of 28 South African businesses have confirmed their state of readiness and preparedness to participate in the four-day workweek...

Welcome to my first article for 2023, and a very Happy New year to all my readers. May it be a safe, healthy, and prosperous year for us...

It would appear that the old army adage of ‘hurry up and wait’ continues to prevail in the legal corridors of the State. As articulated...

My previous article extolled the virtues and benefits of remote working. This week’s article provides a cautionary note to both employer...

Covid-19 has had a profound impact on how we view, indeed, how we prepare for the new world of work, HR-wise, post the pandemic. The new...