Payroll and taxes
Employee benefits programmes: Who are these really benefitting?
- Published on 5 Jun 2013
- Lia Marus
South Africa had, according to Stats SA, 13.6 million employed people in the first quarter of 2013. During this same period, employment in the formal sector grew 0.8% while employment in the informal sector grew 4.1%. So with all of these employees currently active in the labour market, are they getting benefits packages which are actually profiting them?
Payroll is on the front lines of business operation
- Published on 29 May 2013
- HR Pulse News Desk
The South African payroll administration industry has matured. With the offer of more technology, access to skills sets and improved levels of control, decision makers in business have several options available regarding how they want to manage mission-critical business disciplines such as payroll.
Don’t interfere with your employees’ benefits unnecessarily
- Published on 3 Apr 2013
- Ivan Israelstam
Last week, we heard from Aadil Patel, from Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr, who cleared up the murky area of what the definition of an employee benefit actually is. This week, I’m going to look at a number of cases where employees have taken their employers to the CCMA for “unfair provision of benefits”.
The benefits saga: Has it finally been resolved?
- Published on 27 Mar 2013
- Aadil Patel
The definition of a “benefit” in s186(2)(a) of the Labour Relations Act, No 66 of 1995 (LRA), has plagued our courts since the LRA was promulgated in 1995.
6 Facts every HR manager needs to know from this year’s budget speech
- Published on 4 Mar 2013
- Phil Meyer
Finance minister, Pravin Gordhan, delivered a safe budget, with no real surprises, last Wednesday 27 February. He announced R7 billion in personal tax relief, which is R2.5 billion less than last year.
