19 Jun 2012

Legal

 



What makes a good recruitment ad?

This week in human resources & recruitment, Paul Brand asks what makes a good recruitment advert, and then answers the question with a range of points that contribute to you composing the recruitment ad that is far more likely to attract just the right candidate you need for the position.

Brand also points out what you should avoid doing.

On the tax front, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has warned that taxpayers are becoming increasingly wary of misuse of their tax monies. Many people would agree with him, but perhaps suggest that he's being too tactful. It would probably be more accurate to suggest that taxpayers are also becoming weary, and sick and tired of seeing their tax monies wasted, misspent through wasteful expenditure, and lost through corruption and incompetence.

To rub salt into the wound, however, we have a new tax bill coming soon - and in a recent workshop to brief the public on it, the reaction to it has been decidedly mixed.

Good news, however, is that the net is tightening on poor quality financial advice. A new financial consumer advocate is on the prowl.

Finally, if you're feeling gutted because you should have been on the guest list for the Queen's recent Diamond Jubilee, but somehow weren't, our motoring editor Henrie Geyser (also not invited, by the way), reckons you could assuage your wounded feelings with the purchase of a new Mercedes-Benz M-Class. Henrie reckons it's fit for royalty.

Rod Baker, content director

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Cabinet welcomes judgement on mining rights
Minister in the Presidency for Performance Monitoring and Evaluation, Collins Chabane, says Cabinet has welcomed the recent Supreme Court of Appeal judgment - which decided that the right to mine in South Africa in the sense of the right to prospect and mine for minerals and extract and dispose of them is vested in the State . Read more >>

Liquor licences hard to swallow
A war on alcohol abuse has been declared by government. It is a laudable objective, say liquor industry players, but warn that the high-handed approach is threatening to seriously damage an industry that directly and indirectly employs 550000 people and generates R330bn in annual revenue. Read more >>

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Net tightens on poor quality financial advice
[Evan Pickworth] Any future pyramid scheme conmen beware - a new financial consumer advocate is on the prowl. Read more >>

Pravin warns taxpayers wary of misuse of funds
[Paul Vecchiatto] Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has warned that taxpayers are getting wary of the misuse of public funds‚ but also pointed a finger at how the private sector costs its products and services to government. Read more >>

Minister welcomes the Supreme Court of Appeal judgement
PRETORIA: Justice Minister Jeff Radebe has welcomed the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) judgement which upheld the appeal by the Western Cape Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) against a High Court judgment that confirmed the dismissal of sexual assault charges against a Western Cape man. Read more >>

Organisers can be liable for damages caused during demonstrations
The Constitutional Court has confirmed that organisers of public gatherings can lawfully be held liable for damages caused by demonstrators. Read more >>

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Refugee awarded compensation after unfair dismissal
A Burundian refugee was recently awarded 12 months compensation for a procedurally unfair dismissal. According to Fiona Leppan, an employment director at Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr business law firm, the Cape Town Labour Court granted this relief despite the fact that there was essentially no legal employment contract that could have been entered into between the respective parties. Read more >>


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Registered trade marks for wine do not cover grapes - Adams & Adams
In a recent ruling by the Cape High Court, it was held that grapes and wine are not "similar goods" in a trade mark sense. Read more >>

Business rescue - how to rescue your own business - Adams & Adams
In order to facilitate the rehabilitation of a company that is financially distressed, the new Companies Act has introduced business rescue provisions during which the company's affairs are temporarily managed by a business rescue practitioner. Read more >>

Compulsory pharma licensing, the Indian case of Natco vs Bayer, and the South African context - Adams & Adams
In March 2012, India's controller of patents granted the country's first compulsory pharma licence. With the crisis of HIV/AIDS and the great debate on access to healthcare, some ask why, if a third-world economy like India can grant relief to generic manufacturers, does South Africa continue to lag behind? Read more >>


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BUSA, government agree on GFIP, but...
Government and Business Unity South Africa (BUSA) agree on the principles underlying the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP) but will continue consultation on the detail of implementation. Read more >>

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