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Sexual harassment

Employers must be very careful to take steps to know what their liability is towards their employees.

One of the employer’s liabilities is to provide a safe and healthy working environment for the employees.

This does not only mean a safe environment in terms of bodily injury or accidents – it also means a safe environment in terms of other things like sexual harassment.

Employers must take steps to protect their employees against such happenings in the workplace.

In Media 24 Ltd & another v Grobler [2005] 7 BALLR 649 (SCA), an employee had been sexually harassed by a junior manager over a period of five months.

At the time that the alleged sexual harassment took place, the complainant was a 33-year-old secretary employed by the employer. The accused was at that time a trainee manager employed by the employer.

It was alleged by the complainant that the employer had failed to address the issue, despite her requests […]

Estie2017-06-23T15:50:29+02:00June 23rd, 2017|Ethics, Human Capital, Recources, Syllabus Topics|

Rewarding non-striking employees?

Rewarding non-striking employees?

By Hugo Pienaar, Director, Prinoleen Naidoo, Associate, Employment practice, Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

A discussion of National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa obo Members v Element Six Production (Pty) Ltd(JS1106/14) [2017] ZALCJHB 35 (7 February 2017).

The Industrial Court under the old Labour Relations Act, No 28 of 1956 (1956 LRA) did not prohibit employers from rewarding non-striking employees for not participating in a legal strike.

The drafters and subsequent amenders of the current Labour Relations Act, No 66 of 1995, (the LRA) did not take up the opportunity to expressly prohibit the payment of “tokens” to non-striking employees.

The Labour Court recently had an opportunity to determine when “tokens” of appreciation may be paid to non-striking employees in the case of National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa obo Members v Element Six Production (Pty) Ltd.

The employer, in that case, paid a “token” to some of its non-striking employees who had performed additional tasks during the […]

Estie2017-06-23T15:49:00+02:00June 23rd, 2017|Human Capital, Recources, Syllabus Topics|

Company resources

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Estie2017-06-23T15:47:35+02:00June 23rd, 2017|Ethics, Human Capital, Recources, Syllabus Topics|

Abusing sick leave

40% of South Africans planning on “pulling a sickie” in June or July – survey

14 June 2017 2:59 PM

Unlike high school, adults don’t always strive for a hundred percent attendance award in the workplace.

Even without a life threatening illness, some employees are known to fake health ailments and will come up with any excuse under the sun to stay away from the office for a day or two.

Pharma Dynamics polled 1 500 workers across South Africa to find out how people were gearing up for the colds and flu season. The study also highlighted participants excuses for calling in sick.

Less than a third (30%) does so telephonically (probably as a result of strict company policy) and 7% informs work of their absenteeism via email.

Talk Radio 702 host, Azania Mosaka asked her listeners what their most popular excuses were for missing work and on which days they were likely to […]

Estie2017-06-23T15:45:46+02:00June 23rd, 2017|Human Capital, Recources, Syllabus Topics|

10 Principles of Strategic Leadership

Published: May 18, 2016 / Autumn 2016 / Issue 84

How to develop and retain leaders who can guide your organization through times of fundamental change. See also “Find Your Strategic Leaders.”

by Jessica Leitch, David Lancefield, and Mark Dawson

Illustration by Lars Leetaru

A version of this article appeared in the Autumn 2016 issue of strategy+business.

Most companies have leaders with the strong operational skills needed to maintain the status quo. But they face a critical deficit: They lack people in positions of power with the know-how, experience, and confidence required to tackle what management scientists call “wicked problems.” Such problems can’t be solved by a single command, they have causes that seem incomprehensible and solutions that seem uncertain, and they often require companies to transform the way they do business. Every enterprise faces these kinds of challenges today.

A 2015 PwC study of 6,000 senior executives, conducted using a […]

Estie2017-06-23T15:44:22+02:00June 23rd, 2017|Environments, Recources, Syllabus Topics|

Risk

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Estie2017-06-23T15:39:08+02:00June 23rd, 2017|Environments, Recources, Syllabus Topics|

Inflation

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Estie2017-06-23T15:37:59+02:00June 23rd, 2017|Environments, Recources, Syllabus Topics|

The Iceberg Illusion of entrepreneurship

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Estie2017-06-23T15:36:52+02:00June 23rd, 2017|Entrepreneurship, Recources, Syllabus Topics|

Are you an entrepreneur?

40 Signs You Have What It Takes To Be An Entrepreneur

There are two types of people in the world – entrepreneurs and everyone else.

Entrepreneurs are folks who create things. Entrepreneurs are folks who live on their own terms. Entrepreneurs are a special group of people who have a passion for solving a certain problem and then create something that fixes it. You might have what it takes to be an entrepreneur but never really knew if it was a possibility.

You may have had thoughts about starting your own business but never quite made the leap from the 9 to 5 into entrepreneurship. You may have thought of various side hustle ideas but never brought them to life. You may have second guessed whether or not you had what it takes when in reality, you had all the right signs. In this […]

Estie2017-06-23T15:35:24+02:00June 23rd, 2017|Entrepreneurship, Recources, Syllabus Topics|

Top 10 ways to manage conflict in a business

NATHALIE BOUTET

Special to The Globe and Mail

Published Friday, Jun. 19, 2015 10:10AM EDT

When conflict arises in the workplace—as it inevitably does—many smaller organizations and family enterprises are not prepared to handle it. It takes some careful crafting of policies, as well as genuine self-reflection, to get the team back on track. These tips will get you started.

1 Understand and evaluate people’s emotional responses When employees have strong emotional reactions to a workplace dispute, their whole internal defense mechanism may resort to a fight or flight reaction, and their ability to think and reason will typically take second place. The best strategy is to communicate with those involved after the anger and upset has dissipated. Arguing with someone who is emotionally triggered usually leads nowhere.

2. Be self-aware Are you a conflict avoider or an aggressive leader? Be aware of who you are, how you deal with conflict, […]

Estie2017-06-23T15:32:02+02:00June 23rd, 2017|Conflict management, Recources, Syllabus Topics|