Organisations hesitant to fork out the extra cash and effort needed to start complying with the Protection of Personal Information Bill should consider the significant international trade implications of noncompliance.

The new methods of granting a measure of tax relief on the contributions made to medical schemes will be implemented from March 2012, and is expected to be followed by similar amendments to the taxing of medical expenses in 2013

Employers should familiarise themselves with those employee records that must be retained if they are not to incur severe penalties . These records can be maintained electronically and copies of documents scanned and kept online (Paymaster can do that for you)

The Finance Minister, Pravin Gordhan, emphasised in the 2011 Budget speech that the Government’s aim is to put development first and not dependence on welfare – training our youth to become pioneers in industry will accelerate the creation of employment in the future.

Knowledge Resources and SABPP conducted an extensive survey among HR Executives to determine the trends, needs and best practices in the HR profession. This HR Survey Report 2011 represents over 1 million employees and more than 15,000 people employed in HR departments.