Tag: job promotion

Gender inequality is still rampant throughout society and in the workplace, it can take on many forms -  disparity in promotions, unequal pay and less leadership roles. While this is often the case in big corporations and civil society, we should also be turning a lens towards the education sector, where gender inequality is even more pronounced.

The Department of Employment and Labour has officially launched the 23rd Annual Commission for Employment Equity (CEE) Report and the Public Register. This year's report, released on June 23, reveals a continued pattern of slow progress in achieving employment equity goals over the past two decades.

Do not underestimate the strength of job evaluation in the organisational design process. Many companies are rightly worried in today’s world about the efficiency of their organisational structures.

In Freelance Like a Boss, Shea Karssing helps stunted in-house employees and frustrated freelancers create successful, sustainable businesses that will give them greater flexibility and earning potential. Peppered with pros and cons lists and personal anecdotes, the book presents relatable, honest and sometimes irreverent insights into the freelance world.

The pandemic has proved disproportionately hard for women, but hybrid working potentially offers a future of more equal opportunities and a more equitable sharing of family responsibilities. Over the past year there has been much talk of a ‘she-cession’, with women affected much harder than men by pandemic-enforced closures in sectors such as hospitality, entertainment, leisure and retail.