What is retrenchment and Why Does it Matter? Retrenchment is a form of dismissal due to no fault of the employee. It is a process whereby the employer reviews its business needs to increase profits or limit losses, which leads…
How does coaching help?
Workplace coaching can help management and the employees to focus on their goals and to move forward towards those goals. One of the valuable things that I learned while I was busy with my coaching certification, is that coaching focuses…
Why is continuous learning and development important?
As you might know by now if you have read some of my previous posts/blogs. One of the things that I aim to do daily is to make sure that I dedicate some time to my personal development. It’s one…
HR SPRING CLEANING
With it being the beginning of spring, I thought it would be a wonderful idea to share some tips on spring cleaning your HR Function. I have made a list of 5 tips that might help you with spring cleaning…
MEANING OF HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
The other day, one employer said to me, “You did say that person X was going to do Y in a few months’ time. How did you know?”. My response was, “in HR you actually get paid to predict the…
6 Types of Dismissals According to the LRA
Introduction It is important for employers to familiarize themselves with the type of dismissals that are provided for in the LRA so that they can avoid litigation issues. With these different types of dismissals there are specific fairness requirements which…
SMART WAYS TO CUT COSTS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES
Introduction Reducing costs in your small business and creating processes that will cost you less money over time doesn’t have to take a lot of time or even a lot of effort. In most cases, it’s about making smarter choices…
CODE OF GOOD PRACTICE ON THE PREVENTION AND ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AND HARASSMENT IN THE WORKPLACE
Introduction The Minister of Employment and Labour has, under the Employment Equity Act, published the final Code of Good Practice on the Prevention and Elimination of Harassment in the Workplace (The Code) on 18 March 2022 (the draft Code had…
HOW TO MEASURE EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT AS AN SMME
Introduction Employee engagement is important regardless of the size of the organization. Happy and engaged employees lead to a happy and a prominent company. Measuring employee engagement might sound daunting for someone who feels like they are not “stats-savvy”( if…
CHECKLIST FOR MAKING REMOTE WORK WORK
With the lockdown level being eased from level 5 to level 4 some people are back to their physical places of work whilst some are still working remotely. During the last national address by the president, he encouraged that those…