Human Capital

Employees who report employers for committing illegal or otherwise irregular acts are protected, in the first instance, by the Constitution of South Africa.

In a business environment that is now largely driven by innovative IT and software, there is massive demand for skilled and highly trained IT professionals. Sadly, as has been well documented, there is an increasingly dire shortage of these individuals in the local sphere.

Google announced that it has reached the 1 million milestone in its Digital Skills programme. On 16th April 2016, the company committed to training...

Driven by the ongoing digital revolution and demographic, political, and social forces, almost 90% of HR and business leaders around the world rate building...

"For the first time since the BDSI began in 2013, the average real disposable salaries declined for eight consecutive months in a row on...

The Unemployment Insurance Amendment Act, which was signed into law by President Zuma recently, has been widely reported on as likely to have a positive effect on the country’s workforce.

There is a general school of thought that both beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries have negative sentiments toward Employment Equity (EE), based on the divisiveness this...

There has been an increase in demand of more than 100% for senior leaders from South African companies over the past three months, as businesses urgently play catch-up to fill their top posts. Debbie Goodman-Bhyat, CEO of Jack Hammer, says there has been a wave of briefings from across all sectors since September.

With about half of the world’s fastest growing countries based in Africa, the continent is quickly becoming a global business and economic hotspot. However,...

Most employers and employees have a broad understanding that the fairness of a dismissal rests on both a substantive and a procedural leg. On the...