Toxic clients and how to deal with them

We have all experienced toxic clients. They’re the highly demanding clients who are never wrong, who want much more than what they’re paying for and who expect you to take the blame for their mistakes. While we’re not advocating that going the extra mile is not a good thing, it should not be at the [...]

By |2019-07-02T13:46:32+02:00November 26th, 2018|news|0 Comments

Why Skills Development Matters in SA

The development of your staff is very important in business, mainly because they are the driving force in moving your business forward. Regular skills development is essential in ensuring ongoing business development. There are a number of important reasons why skills development training can be beneficial to the business and should therefore be made a [...]

By |2019-06-18T06:10:24+02:00August 6th, 2018|news|0 Comments

Workplace Skills Plan (WSP) and Annual Training Report (ATR)

The WSP and ATR submission deadline was on the 31st of March 2018. Preparing and submitting these documents can be very time-consuming, confusing and stressful. What is a Workplace Skills Plan? The Workplace Skills Plan (WSP) is intended to document the skills needs in a company The Workplace Skills Plan (WSP) is intended to document [...]

By |2019-06-18T06:10:25+02:00July 26th, 2018|news|0 Comments

The South African Basic Conditions of Employment Act

The Basic Conditions of Employment Act is the yardstick against which this is measured. This document stipulates the conditions under which employees, both South African and foreign, must be employed. Your work visa would not have been approved if your South African employer does not meet the requirements of the Act. However, this does not [...]

By |2019-06-18T06:10:26+02:00July 17th, 2018|news|0 Comments

Difference Between Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management

Industrial Relations vs Human Resource Management Difference between industrial relations and human resource management is that industrial relations is about establishing relationships among the stakeholders while human resource management is about managing the human resource in an organization. This article analyses these two concepts and the difference between industrial relations and human resource management in [...]

By |2019-06-18T06:10:48+02:00May 31st, 2018|news|0 Comments

You can’t fire me, I resign!

Another day, another high-level resignation. The past year has seen many heads opt to duck out of a sticky situation rather than face the music in a disciplinary inquiry; Matshela Koko, Anoj Singh and Shaun Maritz - and that's just from Eskom. Now although a company can still proceed with criminal charges to seek reparations [...]

By |2018-03-23T11:37:35+02:00March 23rd, 2018|news|0 Comments

SA jobs outlook for Q2 2018: SA employers report encouraging signs for job seekers

According to a recent Employment Outlook Survey quarter two of 2018, South African employers report encouraging signs for job seekers in the second quarter of 2018. "While the economy is still weighed down by economic uncertainty, environmental factors such as the drought in the Cape and a fluctuating currency - business and consumer confidence seems [...]

By |2018-03-23T10:21:29+02:00March 23rd, 2018|news|0 Comments