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Data breach alert: Over 100,000 fake accounts linked to SA grant-fraud claim

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The Department of Employment and Labour has closed its office in Mamelodi, east of Pretoria, due to safety and security concerns. Photo: Warren Mabona / GroundUp

Mamelodi residents struggle to claim UIF as labour office closedWarren Mabona

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Is AI guilty of unfairly discriminating against certain job applicants?

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The 11-week strike at the Mister Sweet plant in Germiston has ended. Archive photo: Kimberly Mutandiro / GroundUp

Mister Sweet strike ends: Workers to return to work next week

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Minimum wage bill before Parliamentary Portfolio Committee

Minimum wage bill before Parliamentary Portfolio Committee

12 Apr 2018

Award reinstatement: But what if his job doesn't exist?

Award reinstatement: But what if his job doesn't exist?

Lauren Salt and Thandolulhle Dladla 6 Apr 2018

Government not delaying wage negotiations

Government not delaying wage negotiations

5 Apr 2018

#MeTooZA - Sexual harassment in the South African workplace

#MeTooZA - Sexual harassment in the South African workplace

Bradley Workman-Davies 3 Apr 2018

Meaningful transformation in SA travel sector

Meaningful transformation in SA travel sector

27 Mar 2018

Delay in minimum wage 'necessary'

Delay in minimum wage 'necessary'

Theto Mahlakoana 23 Mar 2018

Health and wellness should become part of agricultural employers' long-term strategy

Health and wellness should become part of agricultural employers' long-term strategy

22 Mar 2018

Acsa staff in push to have CEO removed

Acsa staff in push to have CEO removed

Neels Blom 22 Mar 2018

Sars boss Tom Moyane suspended

Sars boss Tom Moyane suspended

Penwell Dlamini 20 Mar 2018

Sibanye files submission for Lonmin deal, even as Amcu threatens court action

Allan Seccombe 19 Mar 2018

You can't fire me, I resign!

You can't fire me, I resign!

Shan Radcliffe 19 Mar 2018

New charges for Eskom's head of legal services

New charges for Eskom's head of legal services

19 Mar 2018

Court rescinds order that Acsa explain why it did not act against CEO

Court rescinds order that Acsa explain why it did not act against CEO

16 Mar 2018

What are your employee rights to religious holidays?

What are your employee rights to religious holidays?

16 Mar 2018

Top Sars official Jonas Makwakwa 'quits' mid-probe, sources say

Top Sars official Jonas Makwakwa 'quits' mid-probe, sources say

Sabelo Skiti 14 Mar 2018

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Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on release of Statistics South Africa jobs data for last quarter of 2017

12 Mar 2018

New inspector to head Grayston Drive inquiry

New inspector to head Grayston Drive inquiry

9 Mar 2018

Jobs and profits drying up on Western Cape grape farms

Jobs and profits drying up on Western Cape grape farms

Aidan Jones 9 Mar 2018

CCMA says Eskom must re-hire Susanne Daniels and give her five months' pay

CCMA says Eskom must re-hire Susanne Daniels and give her five months' pay

9 Mar 2018

Voluntary retrenchment may no longer be an easy sell

Voluntary retrenchment may no longer be an easy sell

Stephan Spamer, Lauren Salt, and Ryan McKerrow 9 Mar 2018

Fighting the legacy of gender inequality and the wage gap

Fighting the legacy of gender inequality and the wage gap

Deirdre Venter 8 Mar 2018

Unfair dismissals vs dismissals for operational requirements

Unfair dismissals vs dismissals for operational requirements

Jacques van Wyk and Andre van Heerden 8 Mar 2018

Police with criminal records to be removed

Police with criminal records to be removed

8 Mar 2018

Targets and quotas: The impersonal arithmetic of transformation

Targets and quotas: The impersonal arithmetic of transformation

Lauren Salt and JJ van der Walt 7 Mar 2018

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FAWU to protest job losses in sugar and poultry industries

5 Mar 2018

Eskom executive resigns with immediate effect

Eskom executive resigns with immediate effect

2 Mar 2018

Prasa to fork out R1bn in backpay as it reinstates 700 dismissed workers

Prasa to fork out R1bn in backpay as it reinstates 700 dismissed workers

Ernest Mabuza 28 Feb 2018

Is it legal for someone to record you without your knowledge?

Is it legal for someone to record you without your knowledge?

Aphelele Tapile 28 Feb 2018

Committee sets deadline to axe Icasa chairman

Committee sets deadline to axe Icasa chairman

Nick Hedley 28 Feb 2018

Meeting to discuss DUT labour dispute

Meeting to discuss DUT labour dispute

23 Feb 2018

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Minimum wage bill before Parliamentary Portfolio Committee

Minimum wage bill before Parliamentary Portfolio Committee

12 Apr 2018

Award reinstatement: But what if his job doesn't exist?

Award reinstatement: But what if his job doesn't exist?

Lauren Salt and Thandolulhle Dladla 6 Apr 2018

Government not delaying wage negotiations

Government not delaying wage negotiations

5 Apr 2018

#MeTooZA - Sexual harassment in the South African workplace

#MeTooZA - Sexual harassment in the South African workplace

Bradley Workman-Davies 3 Apr 2018

Meaningful transformation in SA travel sector

Meaningful transformation in SA travel sector

27 Mar 2018

Delay in minimum wage 'necessary'

Delay in minimum wage 'necessary'

Theto Mahlakoana 23 Mar 2018

Health and wellness should become part of agricultural employers' long-term strategy

Health and wellness should become part of agricultural employers' long-term strategy

22 Mar 2018

Acsa staff in push to have CEO removed

Acsa staff in push to have CEO removed

Neels Blom 22 Mar 2018

Sars boss Tom Moyane suspended

Sars boss Tom Moyane suspended

Penwell Dlamini 20 Mar 2018

Sibanye files submission for Lonmin deal, even as Amcu threatens court action

Allan Seccombe 19 Mar 2018

You can't fire me, I resign!

You can't fire me, I resign!

Shan Radcliffe 19 Mar 2018

New charges for Eskom's head of legal services

New charges for Eskom's head of legal services

19 Mar 2018

Court rescinds order that Acsa explain why it did not act against CEO

Court rescinds order that Acsa explain why it did not act against CEO

16 Mar 2018

What are your employee rights to religious holidays?

What are your employee rights to religious holidays?

16 Mar 2018

Top Sars official Jonas Makwakwa 'quits' mid-probe, sources say

Top Sars official Jonas Makwakwa 'quits' mid-probe, sources say

Sabelo Skiti 14 Mar 2018

Photo by Spencer Pugh on

Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on release of Statistics South Africa jobs data for last quarter of 2017

12 Mar 2018

New inspector to head Grayston Drive inquiry

New inspector to head Grayston Drive inquiry

9 Mar 2018

Jobs and profits drying up on Western Cape grape farms

Jobs and profits drying up on Western Cape grape farms

Aidan Jones 9 Mar 2018

CCMA says Eskom must re-hire Susanne Daniels and give her five months' pay

CCMA says Eskom must re-hire Susanne Daniels and give her five months' pay

9 Mar 2018

Voluntary retrenchment may no longer be an easy sell

Voluntary retrenchment may no longer be an easy sell

Stephan Spamer, Lauren Salt, and Ryan McKerrow 9 Mar 2018

Fighting the legacy of gender inequality and the wage gap

Fighting the legacy of gender inequality and the wage gap

Deirdre Venter 8 Mar 2018

Unfair dismissals vs dismissals for operational requirements

Unfair dismissals vs dismissals for operational requirements

Jacques van Wyk and Andre van Heerden 8 Mar 2018

Police with criminal records to be removed

Police with criminal records to be removed

8 Mar 2018

Targets and quotas: The impersonal arithmetic of transformation

Targets and quotas: The impersonal arithmetic of transformation

Lauren Salt and JJ van der Walt 7 Mar 2018

KarlHumphries via

FAWU to protest job losses in sugar and poultry industries

5 Mar 2018

Eskom executive resigns with immediate effect

Eskom executive resigns with immediate effect

2 Mar 2018

Prasa to fork out R1bn in backpay as it reinstates 700 dismissed workers

Prasa to fork out R1bn in backpay as it reinstates 700 dismissed workers

Ernest Mabuza 28 Feb 2018

Is it legal for someone to record you without your knowledge?

Is it legal for someone to record you without your knowledge?

Aphelele Tapile 28 Feb 2018

Committee sets deadline to axe Icasa chairman

Committee sets deadline to axe Icasa chairman

Nick Hedley 28 Feb 2018

Meeting to discuss DUT labour dispute

Meeting to discuss DUT labour dispute

23 Feb 2018

Joburg ombudsman quits after legal battle

Joburg ombudsman quits after legal battle

Claudi Mailovich 22 Feb 2018

Epilepsy in the workplace - to disclose or not to disclose?

Epilepsy in the workplace - to disclose or not to disclose?

19 Feb 2018

Union furious as Zwane fires regional manager for trying to close Gupta-linked mine

Union furious as Zwane fires regional manager for trying to close Gupta-linked mine

Allan Seccombe 19 Feb 2018

What constitutes "reasonable belief" under the Protected Disclosures Act?

What constitutes "reasonable belief" under the Protected Disclosures Act?

Tiisetso Rabolao and Lauren Salt 19 Feb 2018

After long delay, lab service starts CEO's disciplinary hearing

After long delay, lab service starts CEO's disciplinary hearing

Tamar Kahn 16 Feb 2018

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Concerted campaign helps women in Kenya's flower industry get a better deal

Lara Bianchi 16 Feb 2018

Could Zuma approach the Employment Tribunal?

Could Zuma approach the Employment Tribunal?

Johan Botes 15 Feb 2018

Exclusive Books CEO 'to defend name'

Exclusive Books CEO 'to defend name'

Hanna Ziady 15 Feb 2018

Can you restrain without a restraint?

Can you restrain without a restraint?

Motheo Mfikoe 13 Feb 2018

Tax break for voluntarily retrenched employees

Tax break for voluntarily retrenched employees

Joon Chong, Dhevarsha Ramjettan, Nivaani Moodley a 12 Feb 2018

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