What do you do about an employee who refuses flat out to be vaccinated for COVID-19? Presumably most South Africans can’t wait to join the vaccination queue, but it seems inevitable that a significant minority of people will decline on any one of a variety of grounds – some more reasonable than others. As an […]
Can an Employee Who Refuses Vaccination be Fired? Read More »
The importance of the SMME (Small, Medium and Micro Enterprise) sector in South Africa cannot be overstated. As a result, the challenges affecting the performance of these SMMEs have been deeply interrogated with the aim of removing these proverbial “thorns from their flesh”. The lack of education and training among small business managers and directors
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The Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act (COIDA) provides a statutory insurance policy for your employees and pays them compensation if they are killed, injured, disabled or contract an occupational disease or illness whilst at work. As an employer you are required to register and to submit an annual return (RoE or Return of
Employers: Compensation Fund Return of Earnings Deadline Extended Read More »
Looking back at the 2008 global economic crisis and the recent corporate failures, Steinhoff in particular, one may be tempted to ask: “Why didn’t boards and their advisory committees (audit committees in particular) not see what was coming?” There has, undoubtedly, been a significant loss of confidence and trust in top management. Some of this
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