Lia Marus

by Celeste Olivier

People suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) often relate to the Humpty Dumpty nursery rhyme as it expresses just how they’re feeling: shattered, wounded, torn apart and […]

by Lia Marus
Minister Gordhan’s budget speech in February this year changed the way you need to deal with employer-provided bursaries in your payroll. Sonika van Wyk: legislation business consultant at CRS […]

by Frew Murdoch
Roughly 17 years ago –the pre-Google age – there was not much of a relationship between HR technology and business. But since Google’s launch, there has been a flood of HR technology rev […]

by Liz de Wet
Time Magazine recently named South African public protector, Thuli Madonsela, among the world’s top 100 most influential people. She has a strong sense of ethics and moral sensibility, which […]

As happens every year when finance minister Pravin Gordhan reads his budget speech, medical aid tax credits have gone up. Individuals receive 257 credits while 172 credits are awarded for additional individuals, […]

by Lia Marus
Today, companies not only have to provide excellent products and innovative ideas but they also have to have the after-sales service to back up their offerings. This is a critical part of any company […]

by Lia Marus
Recently, I interviewed a number of HR managers in the IT industry and asked them what attracts people to work for their companies. Most of them said, without a shadow of a doubt, that their career […]

by Kim Dowdeswell
As organisations look to drive growth in challenging markets, they recognise the need – in their talent management strategies – for a strong bench of rising talent that evolves with the s […]

by Frew Murdoch
The Oscar Pistorius trial has caused a sensation across the nation with everyone throwing their opinions about the trial around on social media and in everyday conversation. Oscar’s celebrity […]

by Ivan Israelstam
We’ve been consulted when there’s been a crisis in a workplace (e.g. important clients were offended or the company lost money) but an innocent person has been blamed. It’s been our experience […]

by Faan Coetzee and Silindokuhle Malaza
The introduction of the Protection of Personal Information Act, No 4 of 2013 (POPI) (not yet in force) will affect you, the employer, when you want to verify candidates’ […]

By Fiona Leppan and Benjamin Cripps
Section 6(4) of the Employment Equity Amendment Act, No 47 of 2013 (EEA), states that if an employer doesn’t stick to the ‘equal pay for work of equal value’ rule, this is an […]

by Ivan Israelstam
If you ever land up at the CCMA, you’ll see retrenchment laws well summarised on their wall notices. Unfortunately, employers only get to see these summaries when it’s too late, they’ve possibly […]

… Otherwise you could pay through your nose at the CCMA
by Mitch Marescia
In South Africa, there are an average of 800 employee versus employer cases a day at the CCMA. Of these, at least half are won by the […]

by Lia Marus
 Last week, the HR Pulse team attended the 34th Annual Assessment Centre Study Group (ACSG) Conference at the Protea Hotel in Stellenbosch. Some of the top professionals in the assessment centre […]

The South African economy is in a crisis – even the World Bank thinks so. In its economic update at the beginning of February, the bank revised its economic growth outlook for South Africa to 2.7% from a p […]

by Frew Murdoch
Talent mapping is a formalised process of aligning the talent on hand to the talent required to meet business strategy and goals. This means that it’s an excellent method of talent planning. […]

by Jan Hollenbach

It’s sad that, yet again, the issue of incidents, accidents and fatalities in the industry have come to the fore. Many of the responses to these dilemmas have been along the lines of “we must […]