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New Code of Practice: Managing Exposure to Covid in the Workplace to be Challenged in the High Court
According to Gerhard Papenfus, Chief Executive of the National Employers' Association of South Africa (NEASA), "The mandating of the...
Dynamix HR Solutions
May 26, 20223 min read
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Workplace Harassment - Casting the Net Wider
March 18, 2022, heralded the amended Code of Good Practice addressing the critical issue of the Prevention and Elimination of Harassment...
Dynamix HR Solutions
Apr 21, 20224 min read
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The lawfulness of Vaccination Policies at the Workplace
It’s been a long time coming but we finally have some clarity as to whether the introduction of a mandatory vaccination policy at the...
Dynamix HR Solutions
Mar 21, 20226 min read
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Is the introduction of mandatory workplace vaccinations constitutional?
"The question as to the constitutionality of mandatory vaccinations has not been determined and can only be finally determined by the...
Dynamix HR Solutions
Feb 21, 20223 min read
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Lest we rush to judgement
A plethora of articles and opinion pieces have been written by erudite professionals and labour experts in the past week following the...
Dynamix HR Solutions
Jan 28, 20223 min read
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Vexed Questions on Refusing to be Vaccinated at the Workplace Remain
A very Happy New Year to my Readers. May 2022 herald new beginnings, an end to the scourge of the virus, and provide us all with renewed...
Dynamix HR Solutions
Jan 13, 20226 min read
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Workplace Mental Health issues abound due to the Covid-19 pandemic
Perhaps the biggest elephant in boardrooms around the world is the question of mental health in the workplace. It is a statement of fact...
Dynamix HR Solutions
Dec 7, 20213 min read
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Dismissed for not being vaccinated
Photo by FRANK MERIÑO from Pexels The CCMA has received at least 10 referrals by disgruntled employees who have either been dismissed or...
Dynamix HR Solutions
Nov 23, 20215 min read
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Cometh the hour - Cometh the Chief Health Officer
As the world inches ever closer towards the beginning of the end of the Covid -19 pandemic, so too are pro-active organisations setting...
Dynamix HR Solutions
Oct 18, 20214 min read
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The New World of Work - A South African Story
Photo credit: Markus Winkler It is an indisputable fact that the world of work changed irreversibly with the advent of the global...
Dynamix HR Solutions
Sep 22, 20215 min read
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The Rise and Fall of the Job Market in South Africa
Whilst a small percentage of South Africa’s larger telecommunications and technology companies have increased their respective staff...
Dynamix HR Solutions
Aug 20, 20212 min read
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Counting the Costs of the Recent Unrest in SA
President Cyril Ramaphosa, in his address to the nation last evening, announced a broad-based range of measures designed to assist...
Dynamix HR Solutions
Jul 26, 20213 min read
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Government reintroduces TERS following move to Adjusted Alert Level 4
The recent migration to Adjusted Alert Level 4 in South Africa has necessitated Government having to reintroduce its TERS initiatives....
Dynamix HR Solutions
Jul 19, 20213 min read
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Employment Equity Bill nears end of process
The Employment Equity Amendment Bill was initially introduced in the National Assembly in July 2020, with the Department of Employment...
Dynamix HR Solutions
Jun 25, 20213 min read
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New Rules - Vaccines can be made mandatory at the Workplace
In my article ‘Vaccinations and their Impact on the Workplace’ published on the 29 April 2021, I drew the analogy of Hamlet’s ‘To be or...
Dynamix HR Solutions
Jun 18, 20214 min read
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To Err is Human, To Forgive Divine — The Same Applies to Leadership
The 18th century English poet, Alexander Pope, popularised the saying, ‘To err is human — to forgive divine’ in his poem entitled ‘An...
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Jun 7, 20213 min read
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Employee Engagement — a non-negotiable
Employers have asked, indeed expected, a lot from their employees over the past fourteen or fifteen months of the Covid-19 pandemic....
Dynamix HR Solutions
May 27, 20213 min read
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Rightful dismissal of employee who continued going to work knowing he had Covid-19
The employee in question was dismissed from his place of work on two grounds, the first in respect of Gross Misconduct in that he failed...
Dynamix HR Solutions
May 20, 20212 min read
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CCMA Budget Cuts Lead to Workers Dismay
The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) was established in terms of the Labour Relations Act of 1995 as a...
Dynamix HR Solutions
May 7, 20213 min read
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Vaccinations and their impact on the Workplace
The analogy between Hamlet’s soliloquy, ‘To be or not to be – that is the question’ and the question of whether employers could, or...
Dynamix HR Solutions
Apr 29, 20213 min read
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