[Graeme Hosken] Tight security has been thrown around the deployment of more than 1,000 heavily armed South African troops to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
18 Jun 2013 08:59
[Amanda Visser] The Metropolitan and Momentum merger has been bedded down and the group can now turn its attention to growth‚ with a huge focus on new business volumes‚ said MMI Holdings chief executive Nicolaas Kruger on Thursday (13 June).
14 Jun 2013 08:37
[Bongani Mgaga] Mr Ndlovu, a senior employee of Coca-Cola (Pty) Ltd, was retrenched on 31 December 2010, after the termination of a distribution contract he had been seconded to manage. Ndlovu was paid a generous severance package of about R1.3 million. Unhappy with his retrenchment, Ndlovu referred an unfair dismissal dispute to CCMA.
13 Jun 2013 10:11
The National Employers Association of SA (Neasa) on Wednesday (12 June) added its voice to organisations opposing a total ban of labour brokers.
13 Jun 2013 08:54
[Aadil Patel and Kirsten Caddy] In the recent unreported case of
Coca Cola South Africa (Pty) Ltd vs Ndlovu and Others (case no D813/11 delivered on 7 May, 2013) the Labour Court dealt with the issue of whether severance pay must be taken into account when awarding an employee compensatory relief pursuant to a finding that the employee was unfairly dismissed.
12 Jun 2013 13:33
[Gavin Stansfield] The balance was tipped in favour of employers in the recent Labour Appeal Court decision of
Motor Industry Staff Association and another vs Silverton Spraypainters and Panelbeaters (Pty) Ltd and two others [2012] ZALAC 42 (LAC).
12 Jun 2013 13:15
Construction of West Coast One, a 94MW wind farm near Cape Town, is expected to start as soon as the project's developers reach financial closure.
12 Jun 2013 11:32
[Linda Ensor] Business Unity SA (Busa) warned of significant job losses should African National Congress (ANC) MPs decide to change provisions in the Labour Relations Amendment Act in order to ban labour brokers.
10 Jun 2013 12:25
[Charlotte Mathews] SA's catalytic converter once responsible for 16% of global production, will hit a wall over the next two or three years when a new European Union regulation kicks in. Thousands of jobs may be at stake.
10 Jun 2013 08:52
Microsoft launched a campaign on Thursday (6 June) aimed at helping 3,000 graduates find information technology jobs in South Africa, where one-in-four workers is officially unemployed.
7 Jun 2013 09:19
Solidarity and various other trade unions will meet with Telkom again next week in response to an appeal by the Commission for Conciliation‚ Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) for the parties to resume negotiations‚ after wage talks reached a deadlock.
7 Jun 2013 08:00
The University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) assured employees on Wednesday (5 June) that as many people as possible would keep their jobs when new contracts were signed for cleaning services.
6 Jun 2013 13:58
[Linda Ensor] The Department of Trade and Industry and the National Credit Regulator on Tuesday (4 June) strongly urged the adoption of a credit amnesty for financially impaired consumers that could come into operation as soon as October if it is adopted by the Cabinet.
6 Jun 2013 10:46
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