SAFT Funding paid to employees – taxable or not taxable?
The Covid-19 pandemic is certainly a world event that will go down in history as having an unprecedented impact on…
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Injury on Duty claims for employees who contract Covid-19 at work
On Friday, 20 March the Department of Labour published a notice on the compensation for occupationally acquired novel Coronavirus disease…
SMME Funding & Relief
The President announced during his 23 March Coronavirus Lockdown speech a relief fund for SMMEs to fund working capital and…
Temporary Employment Relief Scheme (TERS)
The TERS scheme has been talked about in relation to the Covid-19 situation, but was originally introduced in December 2019.…
Be optimistic and keep sight of the end game
In the context of the lockdown and events surrounding us there is considerable room for pessimism as business owners, employers,…
Keeping your business alive through the Coronavirus lockdown
Business owners are scrambling. Demand has dropped for many industries and the battlefield is still too new to know what…
Net Promoter Score – Powerful, simple surveys
While we encourage employers to do regular, consistent employee surveys to gauge the mood of the workforce and the perception…
The price of a poor communication culture
Editor’s note: HRTorQue works with a UK company to improve communication flows in the workplace. If you would like more…
Skills Development – how to claim
If you are an organisation that is liable for and registered to pay a Skills Development Levy to SARS (where…
Faking qualifications – now a criminal offence
President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed the National Qualifications Amendment Bill into law. This means that South Africans who are found…
Salary benchmarking
Organisations often struggle to determine how to remunerate their employees fairly. In a market where quality, skilled employees are hard…
Payroll Fraud Audit – new service
As financial conditions get tougher, we have heard of an increased level of financial fraud in South Africa. With the…