The impact of cannabis in the workplace

The impact of cannabis in the workplace

Even though the use of cannabis in the home is now legal, the potential exists for employees to arrive at work under the influence. Most company policies cater for the use of illegal substances while at work, but these need to be updated to reflect the new...
HR leadership roles a game changer

HR leadership roles a game changer

By Tarryn Swemmer, HR Executive at Decision Inc Human Resources (HR) directors and talent management teams have an integral role to play in helping to lead the digital businesses of today. Part of this includes analysing the data at their disposal in more innovative...
New Labour Bill may please working parents

New Labour Bill may please working parents

By Claire Gaul, Partner; Ganeefah Dawood, Senior Associate; Webber Wentzel The Labour Laws Amendment Bill was passed by the National Assembly in Parliament on 28 November 2017. The Bill seeks to amend the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 75 of 1997 (BCEA) and the...
Impact of unfair dismissal on SA workforce

Impact of unfair dismissal on SA workforce

During this time of economic uncertainty, businesses are leaning heavily on their workforce to ‘ride the storm’ and emerge stronger. This is a highly pressurised situation and not all parties play fair, which is why terms like substantially fair, procedurally unfair...
How Goldfields is standardising global HR

How Goldfields is standardising global HR

IT-Online’s Kathy Gibson was at Saphila 2017 in Sun City – When Goldfields realised it needed to standardise human resource (HR) systems across the group, it looked to SAP’s SuccessFactors.Angela Nell, vice-president: performance and learning and development at...