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In a quest to advance the specialisation of its inspectorate and strengthen its enforcement expertise, the Department of Labour will next month conduct a two-week intensive training programme in the field of explosives.The Department of Labour will conduct the training initiative in partnership...

The amended black economic empowerment (BEE) act will come into effect before the end of October, including the establishment of a new office of the BEE commissioner expected to deal with issues of fronting.However, Trade and Industry minister Rob Davies said on Tuesday that a part of the legislatio...

President Zuma recently announced measures to resolve the labour troubles afflicting especially the mining sector. In his state of the nation address he announced, amongst other things, the appointment of an Inter-Ministerial Committee on the Revitalisation of Distress Mining Communities.Further, he...

Career development is the number one thing employees want from employers, according to Beverly Kaye. It’s the most effective way to get workers engaged, motivated, productive and just genuinely excited about coming to work each day.But development is about so much more than traditional advance...

Karina Cantante at Labour Portal says the best way to keep talented staff is to stretch them. You have to challenge them, she says, otherwise they leave.“We feel every role needs to be a step up,’’ Cantante says. “If it’s not a step up, they won’t stay.“It&r...