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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

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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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Evolution of employee leave - from paternity to pawternity

Evolution of employee leave - from paternity to pawternity

9 May 2019

To be or not to be: In writing

To be or not to be: In writing

Aadil Patel 7 May 2019

Harvesting attention capital and reducing the risks of the frictionless workplace

Harvesting attention capital and reducing the risks of the frictionless workplace

Johan Botes 30 Apr 2019

How companies can help employees and their families gain an education

How companies can help employees and their families gain an education

Christelle Helling 25 Apr 2019

No matter the colour of your collar, #MindYourBusiness

No matter the colour of your collar, #MindYourBusiness

25 Apr 2019

My prospective employer did what?

My prospective employer did what?

Tracy Robbins and Julia Olley 23 Apr 2019

47% workforce benefit from National Minimum Wage

47% workforce benefit from National Minimum Wage

18 Apr 2019

Temps still need to fight for permanency

Temps still need to fight for permanency

17 Apr 2019

How maternity/paternity leave structuring impacts your salary

How maternity/paternity leave structuring impacts your salary

Muhammed Goolab 16 Apr 2019

Taking your high from home to work

Taking your high from home to work

Nadine Mather and Amy Gerson 11 Apr 2019

Impimpi Alive - whistleblowing system for minimum wage defaulters

Impimpi Alive - whistleblowing system for minimum wage defaulters

Jacques van Wyk 10 Apr 2019

Shedding some light on an employer's obligations during load shedding

Shedding some light on an employer's obligations during load shedding

Aadil Patel and Dylan Bouchier 8 Apr 2019

How to make the digital world work for your business

How to make the digital world work for your business

Rosalind Davey 4 Apr 2019

Sars seeks CCMA intervention in wage dispute

Sars seeks CCMA intervention in wage dispute

27 Mar 2019

Judgment on employee suspension doesn't mean employers are in the clear

Judgment on employee suspension doesn't mean employers are in the clear

25 Mar 2019

Immigration lawyer's arrest puts a spotlight on illegal work permits in SA

Immigration lawyer's arrest puts a spotlight on illegal work permits in SA

14 Mar 2019

Right to strike, but what about responsibility during a strike?

Right to strike, but what about responsibility during a strike?

Sanelisiwe Nyasulu 14 Mar 2019

National Minimum Wage defaulters warned

National Minimum Wage defaulters warned

13 Mar 2019

Construction Indaba to look into regulations compliance

Construction Indaba to look into regulations compliance

12 Mar 2019

Risks of the virtual workplace and how to minimise them

Risks of the virtual workplace and how to minimise them

Rosalind Davey 7 Mar 2019

Sibanye-Stillwater Driefontein operations

Mantashe to intervene in Carletonville mine protests

6 Mar 2019

Asylum seekers win right to claim unemployment benefits

Asylum seekers win right to claim unemployment benefits

Werksmans Attorneys pro bono team 4 Mar 2019

Brokers compelled to register with Labour Department

Brokers compelled to register with Labour Department

27 Feb 2019

Chinese, black and white labourers in a South African gold mine probably taken between 1904 to 1910. Source: Carptenter/Library of Congress via pingnews (public domain)

Stats SA's confusing mining employment statistics

GroundUp staff 27 Feb 2019

The Annual Employment Conference 2019

The Annual Employment Conference 2019

Global Business Solutions 26 Feb 2019

Is Eskom obliged to consult staff about unbundling?

Is Eskom obliged to consult staff about unbundling?

Tiisetso Rabolao and Tracy Robbins 22 Feb 2019

UIF drive goes to Mpumalanga

UIF drive goes to Mpumalanga

20 Feb 2019

Is it feasible to be more inclusive in retrenchment talks in the mining sector?

Is it feasible to be more inclusive in retrenchment talks in the mining sector?

Eugene Phajane 19 Feb 2019

How business misrepresentation for minimum wage exemption can lead to jail time

How business misrepresentation for minimum wage exemption can lead to jail time

18 Feb 2019

How new code can bring order to strikes

How new code can bring order to strikes

Johan Olivier and Lizle Louw 15 Feb 2019

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Evolution of employee leave - from paternity to pawternity

Evolution of employee leave - from paternity to pawternity

9 May 2019

To be or not to be: In writing

To be or not to be: In writing

Aadil Patel 7 May 2019

Harvesting attention capital and reducing the risks of the frictionless workplace

Harvesting attention capital and reducing the risks of the frictionless workplace

Johan Botes 30 Apr 2019

How companies can help employees and their families gain an education

How companies can help employees and their families gain an education

Christelle Helling 25 Apr 2019

No matter the colour of your collar, #MindYourBusiness

No matter the colour of your collar, #MindYourBusiness

25 Apr 2019

My prospective employer did what?

My prospective employer did what?

Tracy Robbins and Julia Olley 23 Apr 2019

47% workforce benefit from National Minimum Wage

47% workforce benefit from National Minimum Wage

18 Apr 2019

Temps still need to fight for permanency

Temps still need to fight for permanency

17 Apr 2019

How maternity/paternity leave structuring impacts your salary

How maternity/paternity leave structuring impacts your salary

Muhammed Goolab 16 Apr 2019

Taking your high from home to work

Taking your high from home to work

Nadine Mather and Amy Gerson 11 Apr 2019

Impimpi Alive - whistleblowing system for minimum wage defaulters

Impimpi Alive - whistleblowing system for minimum wage defaulters

Jacques van Wyk 10 Apr 2019

Shedding some light on an employer's obligations during load shedding

Shedding some light on an employer's obligations during load shedding

Aadil Patel and Dylan Bouchier 8 Apr 2019

How to make the digital world work for your business

How to make the digital world work for your business

Rosalind Davey 4 Apr 2019

Sars seeks CCMA intervention in wage dispute

Sars seeks CCMA intervention in wage dispute

27 Mar 2019

Judgment on employee suspension doesn't mean employers are in the clear

Judgment on employee suspension doesn't mean employers are in the clear

25 Mar 2019

Immigration lawyer's arrest puts a spotlight on illegal work permits in SA

Immigration lawyer's arrest puts a spotlight on illegal work permits in SA

14 Mar 2019

Right to strike, but what about responsibility during a strike?

Right to strike, but what about responsibility during a strike?

Sanelisiwe Nyasulu 14 Mar 2019

National Minimum Wage defaulters warned

National Minimum Wage defaulters warned

13 Mar 2019

Construction Indaba to look into regulations compliance

Construction Indaba to look into regulations compliance

12 Mar 2019

Risks of the virtual workplace and how to minimise them

Risks of the virtual workplace and how to minimise them

Rosalind Davey 7 Mar 2019

Sibanye-Stillwater Driefontein operations

Mantashe to intervene in Carletonville mine protests

6 Mar 2019

Asylum seekers win right to claim unemployment benefits

Asylum seekers win right to claim unemployment benefits

Werksmans Attorneys pro bono team 4 Mar 2019

Brokers compelled to register with Labour Department

Brokers compelled to register with Labour Department

27 Feb 2019

Chinese, black and white labourers in a South African gold mine probably taken between 1904 to 1910. Source: Carptenter/Library of Congress via pingnews (public domain)

Stats SA's confusing mining employment statistics

GroundUp staff 27 Feb 2019

The Annual Employment Conference 2019

The Annual Employment Conference 2019

Global Business Solutions 26 Feb 2019

Is Eskom obliged to consult staff about unbundling?

Is Eskom obliged to consult staff about unbundling?

Tiisetso Rabolao and Tracy Robbins 22 Feb 2019

UIF drive goes to Mpumalanga

UIF drive goes to Mpumalanga

20 Feb 2019

Is it feasible to be more inclusive in retrenchment talks in the mining sector?

Is it feasible to be more inclusive in retrenchment talks in the mining sector?

Eugene Phajane 19 Feb 2019

How business misrepresentation for minimum wage exemption can lead to jail time

How business misrepresentation for minimum wage exemption can lead to jail time

18 Feb 2019

Sibanye's Beatrix operation

Government to engage Sibanye on possible job cuts

15 Feb 2019

How new code can bring order to strikes

How new code can bring order to strikes

Johan Olivier and Lizle Louw 15 Feb 2019

Why employees need to mind their Ps and Qs on social media

Why employees need to mind their Ps and Qs on social media

14 Feb 2019

DBE concerned over looming strike

DBE concerned over looming strike

12 Feb 2019

Why your lack of productivity could be tantamount to petty theft

Why your lack of productivity could be tantamount to petty theft

Khuthalani Khumalo 11 Feb 2019

How will the NHI Bill affect employer medical aid contributions?

How will the NHI Bill affect employer medical aid contributions?

Lauren Salt and Rui Lopes 5 Feb 2019

Consequences of selective re-employment following dismissal

Consequences of selective re-employment following dismissal

Gavin Stansfield and Siyabonga Tembe 31 Jan 2019

#RecruitmentFocus: New web tool for small businesses, entrepreneurs

#RecruitmentFocus: New web tool for small businesses, entrepreneurs

31 Jan 2019

Blitz to inspect implementation of NMW Act

Blitz to inspect implementation of NMW Act

31 Jan 2019

#RecruitmentFocus: Minimum Wage Commission appointed

#RecruitmentFocus: Minimum Wage Commission appointed

30 Jan 2019

Employee suspension: Employers still getting it wrong

Employee suspension: Employers still getting it wrong

28 Jan 2019

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