by Lia Marus | Jul 31, 2018 | Latest News
An organisation of feminist and gender activists is calling for a #TotalShutdown and Intersectional Women’s March Against Gender-Based Violence on 1 August 2018. The organisation is calling for South Africans to stay away from work and/or join protests around the...
by Lia Marus | Jul 20, 2018 | Newsletters
Following the JSE’s requirement for all listed companies to effect the King IV governance code by disclosing their remuneration policies and implementation reports, the high disparities between executive pay and employee wages has come up for public debate. While one...
by Lia Marus | May 7, 2018 | Newsletters
When you look at the media at the moment, it is clear that certain players in the labour market are focusing more on the political debate rather than the interest of the groups they represent. Words like ‘super-exploitation’ and ‘sell-out’ are...
by Global Business Editor | Jul 12, 2017 | Latest News, Newsletters
As the right to strike is enshrined in the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa (Act 108 of 1996), you cannot prevent your workers from going on strike. (Yes, non-unionised workers can also go on strike if a union who is recognised in that workplace has issued...
by Global Business Editor | Oct 4, 2011 | Gazettes, Latest News
Statement issued by COSATU, October 3 2011 The Congress of South African Trade Unions and the National Council of Trade Unions have reluctantly agreed to postpone the national strike action against labour brokering planned for Wednesday 5 October 2011. This follows a...