[Nicholas Preston] The question recently arose where employees had accumulated excessive annual leave, whether the employer could force its employees to forfeit the excessive leave not taken. Read more >>
According to ongoing research by UK-based CMO institute, confidence in the effectiveness of content marketing is spurring 60% of marketers to devote increased budgets to this form of promotion year-on-year. Here's why content marketing should be an integral part of a communications campaign strategy. Read more >>
This week we cover good questions to ask during an interview, how to avoid falling into the trap of job spec misrepresentation, and how to followup after an interview. Read more >>
The soft drinks division of South African Breweries (SAB) plans to cut more than 10% of its workforce in a restructuring programme aimed at reducing costs‚ SAB confirmed on Monday, 14 April 2014. Read more >>
The University of the Witwatersrand has approved the plan of the School of Law to discontinue the undergraduate Bachelor of Laws degree (LLB) and to introduce the LLB postgraduate programme. Read more >>
The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) recently described the matter of Solidarity on behalf of Barnard v South African Police Service (165/2013) [2013] ZASCA 177 as a 'peculiarly South African tale' as it demonstrated the difficulty of correcting a situation created by a racist past. Read more >>
The Government Employees Pension Fund - shaken in recent months by internal feuding‚ a succession of disciplinary procedures and the suspension of its principal executive officer - is finally getting a new board six months after the term of the last board ended. Read more >>
The 14th report of the Commission for Employment Equity is a disappointing and superficial document that will do little to promote the real development of South Africa's human resources‚ the Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry said on Tuesday (15 April) Read more >>
