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Hundreds of workers who had been working on month-to-month Expanded Public Works Programme contracts marched to the Durban City Hall on Friday in protest against their contracts not being renewed at month-end. Photo: Tsoanelo Sefoloko / GroundUp

HR & Management

Hundreds of Public Works workers march against termination of contracts

Tsoanelo Sefoloko 3 days

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Doing business in SA: 5 legal advantages

Ginen Moodley 3 Jul 2024

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Legal

Remote workers: Can landlords legally limit the amount of days tenants work from home?

Tafadzwa Zhanda and Vinolia Mashego 27 Jun 2024

VUT celebrates the installation of an esteemed business leader as its chancellor with great optimism

Education

VUT celebrates the installation of an esteemed business leader as its chancellor with great optimism

Dumile Mlambo, Issued by Vaal University of Technology 11 Jun 2024

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HR & Management

Labour Activation Programme heads to Northern Cape

9 May 2024

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HR & Management

On the hook for playing hooky: Consequences of sick leave abuse

Jacques van Wyk and Andre van Heerden 3 May 2024

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HR & Management

Unemployment by death: What happens to employees when employers die?

Nasheetah Smith 16 Apr 2024

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HR & Management

Zero tolerance for racial misconduct in the workplace

Dumisani Ndiweni and Eugene Chaphi 15 Apr 2024

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Legal

The fallout from false accusations in communal living

Mogamat Saudiq Moerat 8 Apr 2024

uShaka Marine World shuts down amid wage dispute

Tourism & Travel

uShaka Marine World shuts down amid wage dispute

13 Feb 2024

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Legal

Strike misconduct - you don't have to be violent to get fired

Lizle Louw and Amy King 12 Feb 2024

3 factors that small businesses need to consider when building their workforce

Entrepreneurship

3 factors that small businesses need to consider when building their workforce

Issued by Business Partners Limited 7 Feb 2024

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HR & Management

3 considerations for small businesses when building their workforce

7 Feb 2024

Fasa concerned with legal franchise disputes despite franchising thriving in SA

Retail

Fasa concerned with legal franchise disputes despite franchising thriving in SA

2 Feb 2024

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Legal

A legal perspective on mental health in the workplace

Jaime-Lee Jacobs and Bukhobethu Matyeni 26 Jan 2024

About 50 workers, mostly forklift drivers, are taking Heineken Beverages to the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

HR & Management

Workers take newly merged Heineken-Distell to the CCMA

Liezl Human 19 Jan 2024

The South African Post Office is bleeding jobs. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks / GroundUp

HR & Management

Union vows to fight "slaughter" of Post Office jobs

Steve Kretzmann 17 Jan 2024

Somaliland President Muse Bihi Abdi and Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed attend the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding agreement, that allows Ethiopia to use a Somaliland port, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1 January 2024. Reuters/Tiksa Negeri

Logistics & Transport

Landlocked Ethiopia signs pact to use Somaliland's Red Sea port

Dawit Endeshaw, Abdi Sheikh and Bhargav Acharya 2 Jan 2024

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Disciplinary action: Can excessive delays taint procedural fairness?

Chloë Loubser and Amandla Makhongwana 11 Dec 2023

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Legal

Yes, your side hustle can cost you your job

Mpumelelo Nxumalo and Kalene Watson 6 Dec 2023

Marketing & Media

Mediation fails between Meta and Kenyan moderators, rights group says

George Obulutsa 17 Oct 2023

Proactive strategies for SMEs facing financial difficulties

Entrepreneurship

Proactive strategies for SMEs facing financial difficulties

11 Oct 2023

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Legal

Qualified, but still a liar - consequences of CV misrepresentation

Jacques van Wyk and Andre van Heerden 10 Oct 2023

Striking Simba factory workers picket inside the gates of the company’s premises in Isando because security would not let them out to protest. They were eventually let out a couple of hours later. Photos: Kimberly Mutandiro | GroundUp

HR & Management

Simba factory workers down tools over "unfair" transport deductions

Kimberly Mutandiro 5 Oct 2023

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Legal

Claiming constructive dismissal - take advice from your wingman

Johan Botes 21 Sep 2023

Cape Town proceeds with rail dispute despite President's assurances

Logistics & Transport

Cape Town proceeds with rail dispute despite President's assurances

Matthew Hirsch 8 Sep 2023

Competition Commission and Spar have reached a consent agreement

Retail

Competition Commission and Spar have reached a consent agreement

31 Aug 2023

KwaZulu-Natal Premier Nomusa Dube-Ncube speaking at the Operation Sukuma Sakhe Cabinet Day. Source: x.com

Construction & Engineering

KZN Premier references Freedom Charter in housing project unveiling

30 Aug 2023

File photo: Meta and Facebook logos are seen in this illustration taken 15 February 2022. Reuters/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

HR & Management

Kenyan court orders mediation in Meta labour dispute

George Obulutsa 23 Aug 2023

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Finance

#BRICS2023: Ramaphosa stresses non-alignment

Katja Hamilton 20 Aug 2023

South African ISPs must do better. Source: 2H Media/Unsplash

ICT

South Africa's ISPs must do better

Richard Firth 18 Aug 2023

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HR & Management

Labour law has limits to employee protection; employers are entitled to fair treatment too

Bradley Workman-Davies 14 Aug 2023

A Sars employee who took part in an EFF protest while claiming to be on sick leave must be fired, the Labour Court has ruled. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks | GroundUp

HR & Management

"Sick" Sars employee spotted at EFF protest must be fired, judge rules

Tania Broughton 24 Jul 2023

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Healthcare

Doctors Without Borders says its aid workers attacked in Sudan

Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber 24 Jul 2023

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HR & Management

When is reinstatement not permissible?

Bradley Workman-Davies and Michiel Heyns 20 Jul 2023

Some of the workers, who were dismissed from the Frimax chip factory in Verulam, Durban, for participating in an unprotected strike last month, wait outside the CCMA. Photo: Tsoanelo Sefoloko / GroundUp

HR & Management

Chip factory workers will challenge dismissal in Labour Court

Tsoanelo Sefoloko 17 Jul 2023

International academy honours Stellenbosch academic

Healthcare

International academy honours Stellenbosch academic

Issued by COHSASA 13 Jul 2023

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HR & Management

Chef's Warehouse waitress fired for not pooling R150 tip

Tania Broughton 10 Jul 2023

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HR & Management

Can employees be fired for refusing to work overtime?

Jacques van Wyk and Michiel Heyns 7 Jul 2023

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HR & Management

Cancelling fixed term employment contracts - expiry or retrenchment?

Bradley Workman-Davies and Tasreeq Ferreira 2 Jun 2023

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HR & Management

New CCMA rules: What you need to know

8 May 2023

Source: Supplied. Rosemary Anderson, Fedhasa's national chair.

Tourism & Travel

New SA Tourism board members appointed

24 Apr 2023

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Legal

Hearsay: The role of medical certificates in court

Jacques van Wyk & Michiel Heyns 14 Apr 2023

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HR & Management

Bill signals major boost for workplace equity

12 Apr 2023

UCT failed to bargain with Employees Union, says CCMA

HR & Management

UCT failed to bargain with Employees Union, says CCMA

Liezl Human 6 Apr 2023

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Do late objections to the CCMA still count?

Bradley Workman-Davies 30 Mar 2023

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HR & Management

Does sudden exclusion from a commission scheme constitute unfair labour practice?

Bradley Workman-Davies 23 Mar 2023

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HR & Management

Are employees entitled to severance pay? Not necessarily...

Jacques van Wyk and Michiel Heyns 17 Feb 2023