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 | | SmartWage, a South African startup, recently raised R6m to power the growth and expansion of its novel payday solution across South Africa... read |
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| |  | DAVID SEINKER The oversized conventional corporate headquarters model was already being scrutinised due to its cost implications before the arrival of Covid-19... Read |  | ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM This July #BizUnity Month will replace the former Mandela Month but, still, retain the same objectives - focusing on companies standing together for good! This is a prime opportunity for a sponsor to be seen to be standing up and together for SA business... Read |
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 | Unemployment in South Africa rose to 30.1% in the first three months of 2020, Statistics South Africa has revealed... Read |
 | Finance Minister Tito Mboweni says the National Treasury has set aside R100-billion to support government's response to job creation... Read |
| Career Advice |
 | SELINA BIEBER There are plenty of reasons to build a website of your own - from using it to promote your side hustle as a coder or graphic designer, to blogging about your interests for fun and kudos. One great use for a website you might not have thought about is using it to help secure your desired job... Read |
| Employment Equity |
 | SIENNA LEE, ISSUED BY THE BRAVE GROUP Transitioning does not change your capabilities. If you are creative, you will still be creative. If you loved chocolate, you still will. If anything, transitioning makes you learn that self-love and self-respect does exist and is crucial to our day-to-day functioning... Read |
| HR Tools & Software |
 | Covid-19 lockdown measures have forced many South African companies to make major cutbacks and initiate retrenchment procedures. And as more people enter the job market, 21st Century is partnering with I Got Hired, a global employability and retrenchment platform, to make the job-hunting process easier... Read |
| Labour Law & Unions |
 | ZOË POSTMAN New Era says refusal to work constituted an unprotected strike by workers... Read |
 | JACKIE LAFLEUR The Covid-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on the way in which disputes are being resolved around the world. In most countries, courts and arbitral bodies have been forced to take measures to prevent or limit the spread of Covid-19. This has included encouraging parties to make use of virtual hearings where possible... Read |
 | JACQUES VAN WYK, ANDRE VAN HEERDEN AND MICHIEL HEYNS With the easing of the nationwide lockdown in response to the Covid-19 pandemic through the Government's "Risk Adjusted Strategy" (comprising of five lockdown levels), more and more business can lawfully operate again. The unfortunate reality, however, is that environment within which businesses will now operate is vastly different to that which existed prior to the lockdown... Read |
| Management |
 | GEOFF PLIMMER, DIEP NGUYEN, ESME FRANKEN, STEPHEN TEO Having had to rapidly adjust to working from home due to Covid-19, many people are now having to readjust to life back in the office... Read |
 | TANIA BROUGHTON Fees charged by liquidators and business rescue practitioners, and the impact they can have on bottom line payouts to affected employees, came under the spotlight at Monday's meeting to consider a business rescue model for Edcon... Read |
 | The Covid-19 pandemic that has swept the world has brought the eventing and conferencing industry to its knees. Even as lockdown regulations relax, allowing small group gatherings, many people and companies are likely to avoid conferences and events and their associated potential risk of infection, opting to continue practising social distancing... Read |
 | As more businesses reopen following South Africa entering Advanced Level 3 lockdown, management is tasked with ensuring the readiness of their office environment to ensure a safe return of staff. This is especially the case for those employees considered to be high risk... Read |
 | MARVIN OPPERMAN There's never been a more interesting time to be in human resources. This was true a few months ago, before Covid-19, when Sage released the Changing Face of HR research report... Read |
 | KIM COETZEE Since the initial shutdown and panic buying of goods, especially essential ones, we are now seeing the easing of restrictions and a wider variety of goods being offered once more. The entire distribution chain has had to adapt to these fluctuations in order to ensure a steady supply of goods to customers... Read |
| Skills Development & Training |
 | The changing world requires dynamic young people with the ability to carve out their own niche, while making a real, positive difference as they adapt to fast-changing environments. With this in mind, Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) is looking for young difference-makers to join its ranks through its Nedbank CIB Graduate Programme... Read |
| Youth Employment |
 | Launched on 18 June 2020, the IQbusiness Youth Progress Index (YPI) and Report 2020 is intended to generate a very deliberate conversation on the future prospects and prosperity for the youth of South Africa... Read |
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 | VILLE RIMALI It is no longer arguable that the energy transition integrating renewable energies into the grid is a reality that is unfolding globally... Read |
 | OLUDAYO TADE Six years ago, a cashless policy became fully operational in Nigeria. The aim was to encourage electronic transactions with a view to reducing the amount of physical cash in the economy... Read |
 | "Can you imagine explaining 5G or autonomy or the cloud to a mine boss from, even the, mid-twentieth century? Or even remote technologies that we're using now, pre-Covid-19 in some cases?" Read |
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 | JARED DANIELS In much of the world, the LGBTQ+ community has made great strides toward 'equal' even though the odds have been against them... Read |
 | JOHAN BOTES AND KIRSTY GIBSON President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that sections of the long-awaited Protection of Personal Information Act (PoPIA) will finally be enforceable from 1 July 2020... Read |
 | Business for South Africa (B4SA), working with partners, is providing business in the informal sector with a set of easy to use Return to Work resources to help guide them... Read |
 | The Jobs Fund together with Black Umbrellas has shifted its focus to deliver inclusive support for SA startups through virtual and in-house support... Read |
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