Archive for 'HR'
Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Has The Power To Drive Transformation In South Africa
B-BBEE has the power to drive transformation, but only if businesses harness the benefits for themselves. Many companies are still finding it difficult to get a handle on what Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) is meant to achieve.
The complexities of the seven Codes and the variations in how points are scored within the different [...]
How HR Is Influencing Business Success In A Changing Environment
Human resource management (HRM) has been a misunderstood and under utilised business resource for many years – but modern organisations are waking up to the potential and competitive advantage that a strong HR team can offer.
HR staff used to be seen as the administrative enforcers of the business’ management team – executive-centric and reactive, [...]
The Subtle Nuances You Never Thought About When Managing Your Team
While most people are familiar with the concept of human resources management (HRM), and many companies have an internal HR department, not everyone understands where labour relations (LR) fits in. Here is a brief explanation of what LR is and how it relates to HRM.
What is HRM?
Human resources management is, in the simplest terms, [...]
The Long And Short Of Black Economic Empowerment
The principles of Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment have been in effect in South Africa for a number of years – but are still misunderstood by many business leaders. These leaders see empowerment as giving away shares or as appointing a certain percentage of black managers.
Empowerment is not meant only to serve a small portion [...]
Are There Business Benefits To BEE?
Legislation is like a rowboat. The boat is provided for you to get to the other side, but you have to row it in the right direction in order to get there. According to Deon Oberholzer, CEO of Black Empowerment Equity specialist agency Veri-Com, this is the thinking behind the new regulations on Preferential Procurement [...]
Why hire a paralegal?
Paralegals, also known as legal secretaries, are an important and often overlooked resource. They need not be confined to positions in legal offices. Their services can prove invaluable to other business models as well. If your business has any involvement with the law, as they almost always do, then you could do with a paralegal [...]
3 Reasons Why Your Business Needs an HR Manager
Unless you’re a standalone entrepreneur, your business makes use of human resources. For business owners, hiring an HR manager often seems like an unnecessary added expense, since they feel that they, or their departmental managers, can perform the various HR roles themselves. But dealing with employee matters requires a lot of time and skill, often [...]
New overtime threshold in SA labour law
Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant has announced a change to the Basic Conditions of Employment Act (BCEA) – one of South Africa’s most important pieces of labour legislation. The change raises the threshold under which employees should be compensated for overtime work and work on public holidays and Sundays. The change came into force from 1 [...]
How to keep your employees happy
Recruiting and training new staff is costly, so keeping staff satisfied is essential. A few decades ago, people often spent their entire working lives in the same job; these days an employee might stay at one company for an average of 18 to 24 months. And as the economy starts recovering from the recession, employees [...]
Should I pay performance in the work place?
One of our Ideate readers posed the question “Should I pay performance in the work place”. This is a question many business owners wonder about and in our opinion, it can only benefit you and your business. Paying for performance is always a great idea. It’s about separating the mediocre from the excellent.
Differentiate between employees [...]
