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Can I reduce my underperforming employee’s salary?
Question 1: Have you ever wondered if you can pay your employee less if she’s doing less work? For example, your pregnant employee may not be able to perform her usual duties…can you pay her a portion of her full salary until she’s back “in the swing of things”?
Claire Stewart is the founder of PeopleWise, [...]
The Training Lay-off Scheme
I received the following article to a website that I subscribe to- HR Works and thought it would be very interesting as an alternative to organizations that might be considering retrenchments.
Claire Stewart is the founder of PeopleWise, an HR and Employment consulting service. Like Neo in the Matrix, Claire sees through the convoluted mess of SA [...]
Employers: have you remembered to submit your Employment Equity Reports?
I thought I’d be nice and send you a reminder that 1 October is the deadline for designated employers to submit their Employment Equity Reports to the Department of Labour.
So, how do you know if your organisation is a designated employer?
You’re a designated employer if:
1. You employ more than 50 employees (this includes part time [...]
What do you mean you’re now a permanent employee?!?!?
For a variety of reasons many employers have employees on fixed term contracts. One thing to remember though is that it’s vital to make a note of the end date of the contract (preferably a month before). You must decide whether you want to renew the contract for another fixed term or terminate your relationship [...]
Reminder to submit Workplace Skills Plans by Tuesday 30 June
Just a reminder that the deadline to submit Workplace Skills Plans is the end of business on Tuesday 30 June. The 2 most compelling reasons to submit the WSP are:
If an organisation doesn’t submit a WSP they are not allowed to count one cent of their training spend on their BEE Scorecard (this doesn’t apply [...]
Increase in Skills Development Levy
I’ve heard from the very reliable source that the Skills Development Levy is going to increase from 1% of gross annual payroll to 3% as at August of this year. This will only effect organisations whose payroll is over R500 000 per annum. Those who fall below this threshold are exempt from the levy.
The reason [...]
Achieving a good BEE scorecard (2)
In my last post, I wrote about BEE Scorecards and how they apply to businesses of all sizes. In this blog I’ll explore how its possible to get a good BEE Scorecard even if you have no black ownership at all. I’m going to focus on Qualifying Small Enterprises (QSE’s) who have a gross annual [...]
BEE for SME’s
Last week 6 more verification agents were accredited which means that there are now 11 BEE Verification agencies in South Africa. What are BEE verification agencies you ask? Well they’re the companies that ‘audit’ your BEE Scorecards and the information that you have provided in calculating your organisation’s BEE Rating. Now that these verification agencies [...]
Making the New Guy feel welcome!
Not many organisations are recruiting this particular January, but usually there is workforce movement within organisations at this time of the year. If you have just hired a new employee then you may want to consider implementing a simple induction programme to fast track their assimilation into their role. You will start them off with [...]
Recruiting staff in the New Year?
Most people find it really stressful recruiting new staff. It often seems so hit and miss, and if your golden candidate turns out to be a bad apple it’s hard to rectify the mistake.
However, there are some strategies that will take an element of risk out of the process:
Before you start the recruitment process, think [...]
