By Lucio Trentini for the Business Day SA businesses in the metals and engineering sector have faced enormous challenges over the past few years, with the Covid-19 pandemic compounding an already difficult situation. A shrinking domestic market, declining production, weak production sales, a smaller contribution to the economy, increasing joblessness, cheap imports and low investment…
CAPES MONTHLY REVIEW – November & December 2021
The Confederation of Associations in the Private Employment Sector (CAPES) offers a monthly review packed with information around the private employment sector. The monthly review covers a range of key topics stemming from a variety of forums. To view November and December’s monthly review click here.
NPMN Innovation Fund – Virtual Briefing for potential applicants
Submission deadline: 25th November 2021 I Document attachments can be found at the end of the article. The Presidential Youth Employment Intervention (PYEI) is a multi-sector action programme directed at addressing SA’s chronic youth unemployment challenge. PYEI has identified several priority interventions to accelerate youth pathways into the economy over the next 5 years. These…
Why Temporary Service Providers choose the TESD
South Africa’s latest unemployment statistics compared to 2020’s second quarter show that unemployment has increased by 52.1%—from 2.2 million to 6.5 million people. Specifically the youth unemployment rate which reached 46,3% (people aged 15-34 years) in 2021’s first quarter is worrisome. These figures highlight the important role that Temporary Employment Service (TES) companies play in…
World Employment Confederation (WEC) – Conference Report “Steering a labour market in Transformation”
OVERVIEW OF PROGRAMME: 53rd ANNUAL CONFERENCE, 6 – 8 September 2021 The 53rd Annual Conference which was hosted in Madrid and accommodated face-to-face and virtual participation, centred around 4 main themes, namely: Leveraging Technological Change Understanding Changing Employee Expectations Thrive Under Increased Uncertainty Focus on Spain and Latin America Read More
CAPES Monthly Review – October 2021
The Confederation of Associations in the Private Employment Sector (CAPES) offers a monthly review packed with information around the private employment sector. The monthly review covers a range of key topics stemming from a variety of forums. To view October’s monthly review click here.
CAPES Monthly Review – September 2021
The Confederation of Associations in the Private Employment Sector (CAPES) offers a monthly review packed with information around the private employment sector. The monthly review covers a range of key topics stemming from a variety of forums. To view September’s monthly review click here.
DISCRETIONARY GRANTS ADVERT: CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR LEVY PAYING ENTITIES
The Services Sector Education and Training Authority (Services SETA) invites Levy paying entitiesto apply for discretionary grant funding to Learnerships Employed and Skills ProgrammeEmployed interventions The application window will open on 7 September 2021 at 8:00 AM and will close on 15 October2021 at 4:00 PM. For detailed information please refer to our website www.serviceseta.org.za…
But You Were Employed!
Date: August 2021 LABOUR BRIEF NO. 442 Understanding whether attaining employment after a dismissal precludes an employee from receiving full back pay. Does the fact that a dismissed employee obtained employment immediately after their dismissal preclude them from receiving full back pay as a consequence of a finding that their dismissal was unfair? This is…
Beware who disciplines and dismisses a deemed employee
Date: August 2021 LABOUR BRIEF NO. 441 Many employers are all too aware of the potential pitfalls associated with engaging deemed employees, i.e., employees who earn less than the annual earnings threshold set by the Minister of Employment and Labour from time to time, which is currently R211,596.30 and who, in terms of section 198A(3)(b)…