How companies utilise learnerships effectively
According to Richard Rayne, CEO of iLearn, companies that are obliged by law to contribute to the country's Skills Development Fund (SDF) through paying the mandatory skills [...]
Workplace training and SETAs
In terms of the Skills Development Act, businesses with a payroll in excess of R500 000 per annum must pay a statutory tax in the form of [...]
Learnership initiatives are good for business
In November, South Africa’s unemployment rate reached a 12-year high of 27.1 percent. Although this figure has since dropped to 26.5 percent (92000 people have found employment), [...]
Pressure as 2020 EE Reports Deadline Looms
Employment Equity (EE) report submissions are now open and will run from 01 September 2019 to 15 January 2020. Failure to comply will see fines ranging from [...]
Government given six months to fix unconstitutional employment equity laws
Labour minister Mildred Oliphant has indicated that she will ‘engage’ with the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) after the institution found that the country’s affirmative action [...]
Employment Equity Act is not unconstitutional
The letter by Michael Bagraim MP, "Employment equity an iniquity" (November 13) refers.He writes that the “Human Rights Commission has found that equity policies are unconstitutional”. The [...]