Quest Staffing Solutions now has one of the leading gender empowerment ownership structures in the staffing industry. As a result of the incorporation of Grey Consulting and Emmanuel's into Quest earlier this year and, most recently, a deal that saw Women Investment Portfolio Holdings (WIPHOLD) increasing its ownership of the company, the staffing company is now 35% black female-owned.
Read more >>The remuneration of non-executive directors is on the rise as stringent governance regulations and increased fiduciary responsibilities result in a smaller pool of available candidates for board positions.
Read more >>From February next year compliance targets for employment equity and preferential procurement will increase significantly. Both the qualifying small enterprises (ie. enterprises with a turnover of between R5 and R35 million per annum as per the generic scorecard) and generic enterprises (ie. enterprises with a turnover of over R35 million per annum) will be affected.
Read more >>Business Report quotes Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant as saying that Nedlac's partners have agreed to amendments to two labour bills - the Labour Relations Act and the Basic Conditions of Employment Act - that force employers to provide reasons to courts for employing people on a temporary basis.
Read more >> Domestic workers received an early Christmas present this year courtesy of the minister of labour. An increase in the minimum wages payable to domestic workers was announced by the minister and is effective as from 1 December 2011.
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Solidarity's Helping Hands' online job portal, Werknet.co.za, is to provide a service to Afrikaans-speaking employers who want to advertise jobs as of this week. Werknet.co.za is a free portal for Afrikaans-speaking job seekers and was launched in May 2011.
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[Karl Gernetzky] Major weaknesses continue to exist in the sector education and training authorities (Setas) and they still needed to prioritise their developmental responsibilities, including targeted interventions, higher education minister Blade Nzimande said on Tuesday this week.
Read more >>Apart from producing more science and maths graduates, SA needs to make another giant leap if it is to better respond to the growing demands from business for graduates that can "walk into" jobs.
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South Africa's arms manufacturer, Denel, has appointed Riaz Saloojee as its new group chief executive.
Read more >>Universities in SA have a lot to be proud of, says the vice-chancellor and principal of the University of Pretoria (UP), Professor Cheryl de la Rey.
Read more >>[Paul Vecchiatto] The clothing and textile industry has been little affected by the recent global financial crisis as the competitiveness program had helped stimulate it, says Trade & Industry Minister Rob Davies.
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Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande has urged Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETAs) to improve issues of governance and act decisively against corruption.
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