A new sectoral determination for farm workers, including a new minimum wage, can only be implemented in April next year, labour minister Mildred Oliphant said this afternoon. This, coupled with increased mechanisation on farms is likely to create continued tension between employers and their employees in the coming months.
Dismal Scientist: Is the youth wage subsidy dead?
August 3, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Pravin Gordhan’s pet project to create jobs, the youth wage subsidy, isn’t getting off the ground despite being proposed years ago. Is Gordhan’s plan to ease SA’s 50% youth unemployment rate dead in the water? Does it matter?
Morning Call – 2012/07/12
July 12, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Business tip, market news and a new entrepreneurship school in our morning note
Slow death for labour brokers
May 29, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Cosatu may be losing its bid to have the industry totally banned in SA, but lawyers say the proposed amendments to the Labour Relations Act will force many companies to voluntarily cease using labour brokers or pay a premium to use them.
Stone Age Tactics
May 18, 2012 by Leave a Comment
“Just another day in South Africa’s pseudo-democracy,” was how one cynical observer described the attack on DA protesters by rock- throwing Cosatu supporters in Johannesburg.
Chequing Reality: Beyond the unemployment battle
May 16, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Now this column is not about pointing fingers. It’s about trying to understand what the impact of introducing the youth wage subsidy will mean for the ordinary unemployed youth who has never worked before.
