Conquering the skills gap with your current workforce
Searching for new staff to fill the skills gap is often a major concern for organisations. We recommend and advise…
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Proactive HR
What do you mean when you talk about Proactive HR? For many employers, HR is largely reactive. Responding to events…
Managing incapacity – subjecting an employee to a medical examination
The Incapacity section of the Labour Relations Act requires that an employer should investigate the extent of the ill health…
Intermittent absenteeism versus block periods of sick leave
Whilst employees are entitled to take 30/36 days’ sick leave in a 3-year period, the BCE Act clearly discourages excessive…
Skills Development Levy – Q&A
In this article we explore some of the common questions we get around the Skills Development Levy and interacting with…
Can an employee disclose their conditions of employment to other employees?
Is an employee entitled to discuss the conditions of their employment with other employees? This question comes up regularly from…
How can outsourcing (BPO) help a startup business?
If you are not used to it, starting a business in South Africa can be time consuming and costly. Unfortunately,…
Interns and Learnerships
Author: Joe Ferreira (www.nowhr.co.za) It’s that time when companies plan if, and what type of schemes, they will implement to…
Employment Tax Incentive – “Qualifying Months” and reporting challenges
When the Employment Tax Incentive scheme was introduced into legislation after only a very short public comment period there was…
SARS is increasing the pressure on South Africans living abroad
With SARS aggressively targeting the tax affairs of wealthy South Africans it is not a surprise that South Africans living…
Tax Administration Laws Amendment Bill
Feedback on proposed payroll legislative changes In a previous edition of the HRTorQue Reporter we discussed the details of the…
Gift vouchers and Christmas cheer
We have recently received an unprecedented number of queries relating to companies wanting to give employees gift vouchers in lieu…