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BCEA: What salary deductions can you make from your employees’ salaries?

by Faan Coetzee and Andrea Taylor, 28 Mar

Section 34 of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, No 75 of 1997 (BCEA) regulates salary deductions that an employer can make. The general rule is that a written agreement is required from an employee before any salary deduction is made. However, sometimes you don't need this.

Can you force employees to apply for their own jobs or …

by Ivan Israelstam, 28 Mar

... Face retrenchment?

If you ever land up at the CCMA, you'll see retrenchment laws well summarised on their wall notices. Unfortunately, employers only get to see these summaries when it's too late, they've possibly unfairly dismissed an employee and the legal process has begun. In this article, find out what's the truth when it comes to retrenchment laws.

South African Reserve Bank worried about platinum mining strike

by HR Pulse News Desk, 28 Mar

Yesterday, the South African Reserve Bank governor – Gill Marcus – announced that interest rates would remain unchanged because of, among others, the ongoing platinum mining strike and the disastrous effect that it's having on the economy.

Platinum mining strike hits home

by Lia Marus, 28 Mar

Yesterday, thousands of Amcu members gathered in Dunkeld West in Johannesburg preparing to march on the Impala Plats head office in Illovo. Being down the road at the IPM HR Directors Summit at the Gordon Institute of Business Science, I was a bit nervous about the prospect of encountering marching strikers – the potential violence that could erupt in the mob scared me the most. Why does the platinum mining strike so often resort to violence?

Experience trumps youth in top appointments

by Debbie Goodman-Bhyat, 28 Mar

Companies may begin to discard the notion of candidates' proximity to retirement age when making top appointments. Trends suggest that economic uncertainty sees boards go for proven leaders, despite their relative advanced age, rather than bringing in unproven new talent with decades of working life remaining.

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Changing role of the CISO

Andrew Mpofu will address the industry at the upcoming ITWeb Security Summit 2014 on the role of the CISO.

Security Summit 2014 - 26 Mar 2014
Infosec seen as a grudge purchase

Information security spend based on paranoia and without a holistic security strategy is leading enterprises to see information security as a grudge buy.

Security Summit 2014 - 26 Mar 2014
Snowden revelations 'could boost local IT'

The Edward Snowden revelations simply reinforce, in a big way, what information security experts have been warning of for years, says Haroon Meer, founder of Thinkst.

Security Summit 2014 - 26 Mar 2014