This news aggregator site highlights South African labour news from a wide range of internet and print sources. Each posting has a synopsis of the source article, together with a link or reference to the original. Postings cover the range of labour related matters from industrial relations to generalist human resources.
In our Friday roundup, see summaries
of our selection of South African labour-
related stories that have appeared since
midday on Thursday, 31 March 2016.
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Western Cape cops keep blasting away at taxis carrying workers TimesLive writes that Western Cape police officers are in hot water again for allegedly shooting at another group of workers travelling in a taxi. Other internet posting(s) in this news category
Solidarity mum on ‘sensitive’ info about Lily Mine accident Caxton News Service reports that Solidarity has vowed to give its assistance in investigating the cause of the collapse at Lily Mine in Mpumalanga. Three week-strike by Amcu halts production at Wonderfontein coal mine SABC News reports that production at Wonderfontein Coal Mine in Mpumalanga has been halted for nearly three weeks. CALS study shows mines’ social and labour plans don’t meet communities’ needs Pretoria News reports that mining communities across the country say the social and labour plans (SLPs) of mining companies do not cater for their actual needs. Other labour posting(s) in this news category
Pikitup negotiations with striking Samwu workers break down again ANA reports that negotiations to end the four-week strike between Johannesburg waste-management company Pikitup, the City of Johannesburg and workers affiliated to SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) broke down again late Thursday.
Samwu Eastern Cape axes provincial secretary ANA reports that Luthando Juju, Deputy Secretary of the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) in the Eastern Cape, on Thursday said that the Provincial Executive Committee had fired provincial secretary Milton Myolwa.
Cosatu hails ConCourt’s Nkandla judgment as a strengthening of democracy Business Report writes that Cosatu has described Thursday’s Constitutional Court ruling on the Nkandla upgrades as “exceptionally significant” for strengthening SA’s growing democracy. Fedusa and CFCR happy with ConCourt Nkandla ruling News24 reports that the Federation of Unions of SA (Fedusa) has welcomed Thursday’s Nkandla judgment, with Fedusa president Koos Bezuidenhout saying the ruling was “a much–needed victory” for the restoration of confidence by the people of SA. Other internet posting(s) in this news category
OutsourcingMustFall campaign determined to end poverty wages despite activist’s kidnapping The New Age reports that the OutsourcingMustFall (OMF) movement said it would not be intimidated into halting its campaign, despite the suspected kidnapping of activist Vusi Mahlangu.
Take-home pay defies odds, beating inflation year-on-year in February Moneyweb reports that, despite a consumer price inflation rate of 7%, the BankservAfrica Disposable Salary Index (BDSI) shows that take-home pay increased in February by 9.1%, revealing a 2.1% real increase year-on-year. Shareholder pressure forces Nedbank to review executive pay policy BDLive reports that banking group Nedbank has succumbed to shareholder pressure, forcing it to review its executive pay policy and to claw back awarded bonuses. Other internet posting(s) in this news category
Closure of Highveld Steel leaves trail of hardship for workers Business Report writes that just a month after Evraz Highveld Steel in eMalahleni was shut down, retrenched workers and the town’s municipality have already started counting their losses. Other internet posting(s) in this news category
UIF Amendment Bill referred to National Assembly After having received support from members of Parliament’s Labour Portfolio Committee on 17 and 24 February 2016 and on 9 March 2016, the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) Bill has been referred to the National Assembly. UIF to clamp down on employers who don’t declare their employees to the fund The Star reports that with Parliament set to approve the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) Amendment Bill, the fund wants to clamp down on employers who fail to declare their employees to it and the SA Revenue Service (SARS).
Church employee fired for seeing a sangoma still waiting for payment of CCMA award SowetanLive reports that self-styled prophet Samuel Radebe of the Revelation Church of God has failed to honour an order to pay his former bodyguard some R100,000 for unfair dismissal for having sought a sangoma's help.
See our listing of links to labour articles published on the internet on Thursday, 31 March 2016 at SA Labour News
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