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| 4th Industrial Revolution |
 | Regardless of the easing of lockdown, most employees still won't be returning to their offices, an international survey by Citrix has revealed. This is largely due to the rapid shift to remote working that has accelerated digital transformation at most companies. The survey shows IT leaders are preparing for new work order... Read |
| Employee Wellness |
 | With corporate attention turning to resuming operations in a new normal following the easing of lockdown restrictions, it is important not to neglect employees' well-being. Nicol Myburgh, Head of the HCM Business Unit at CRS Technologies, believes this transition is a critical time to reinforce the company's commitment to addressing the physical, psychological, and financial concerns of staff... Read |
 | Are companies relieved of their duty to care for the well-being of their employees during this lockdown period? Angelique Montalto, regional sales director at SAP Concur, clarifies the situation... Read |
| HR Tools & Software |
 | In order to maximize the saving of local jobs and assist in the recovery of African energy markets after the Covid-19 crisis, the African Energy Chamber and its partners have launched a free-access jobs portal for trained and qualified African workforce... Read |
| Labour Law & Unions |
 | Labour unions, representatives of non-unionised managers and ground staff have agreed to accept the South African Airways (SAA) voluntary severance packages (VSPs)... Read |
| Management |
 | ISSUED BY SACAP Sacap (the South African College of Applied Psychology) has expanded its offering of progressive Human Resource Management (HRM) education programmes with the recent launch of a Bachelor of Social Science Honours degree in HRM... Read |
 | By now we have all become "experts" on virtual meetings, whether they are taking place on Zoom, MS Teams or whichever platform your organisation may be using. "But the question is, are we all being as effective in these meetings as we would be if they were face-to-face?" asks Helene Vermaak, Business Director at corporate cultural experts The Human Edge... Read |
 | Experts around the world have been advocating for increased workplace flexibility and work-from-home arrangements for a long time. However, given the Covid-19 pandemic, companies have now been forced to move quickly, and implement work-from-home arrangements or risk closing their doors... Read |
| Talent Acquisition |
 | SIOBHAN ZURNAMER Small-business owners don't have the luxury to make bad hires. In small businesses, every employee plays a crucial part in productivity and company growth... Read |
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 | KALU OJAH Independence is a cardinal pillar for organisations that are set up to deliver a public good. Their success depends on it... Read |
 | TIMOTHY A CAREY, AGNES BINAGWAHO & JUDY KHANYOLA This year - 2020 - marks the 200th anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth. It's therefore understandable that it's being marked as the year of the nurse and midwife... Read |
 | SANDY RHEEDER From humble beginnings in a London flat in 2005, to an African fintech giant in 2020, Mukuru's journey has been one of turning challenges into opportunities for innovation... Read |
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 | EVAN-LEE COURIE Despite the uncertainty, business closures and economic decline caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, Ian Fuhr launched The Hatch Institute - a personal and business leadership coaching company... Read |
 | JOANNE VAN DER WALT Covid-19 put inequality in the spotlight. With millions of people without jobs and forced into poverty, the work of NGOs has never been more crucial... Read |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE "Women shouldn't shy away from leadership, especially during tough economic times such as these," says Shilpa Mehta, the newly elected first female president of The Entrepreneurs' Organisation Durban Chapter (EO)... Read |
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