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 Thursday roundup, see summaries
of our selection of South African labour-
related stories that have appeared since
midday on Wednesday, 11 May 2016.
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Protesting students tell VUT staff to stay away for their own safety The Citizen reports that staff members from the Vaal University of Technology (VUT) in Vanderbjilpark were warned not to report for duty on Thursday morning. Other labour posting(s) in this news category
How Amcu’s Joseph Mathunjwa became the most feared man in SA mining Financial Mail writes that with wage talks looming in the platinum industry, trade union heavyweight Joseph Mathunjwa appears to be relishing his role as perhaps the most powerful man in SA’s besieged mining sector. NUM on the sidelines in the upcoming platinum wage negotiations Financial Mail writes that, mindful of the depressed economic environment, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) will take a far less militant approach than before to the upcoming wage negotiations in the platinum industry. Aurora directors run out of appeals and must now cough up R1.7bn for workers and damages Business Report writes that the end of the road has arrived for the former directors of the now defunct Aurora mining company as the Supreme Court of Appeal has ruled against them. Mines impact on health delivery in Bojanala district, says North West MEC ANN7 reports that North West Health MEC, Dr Magome Masike, says the high number of mines in the Bojanala district impacts on health service delivery.
More unions set to follow Solidarity in challenging new GEPF pension payout formula BDLive reports that public sector trade unions are gearing up to challenge in court a decision by the Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF) to amend the formulae used to determine payments to members who retire or resign early. PIC denies losing R100bn in state pensions after sacking of Nene Business Report writes that the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) on Wednesday rebutted reports that the pensions of government employees lost R100 billion in two days in December after President Jacob Zuma axed Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene. Guptas in new labour storm with staff claiming UIF levies weren’t paid over Financial Mail reports about claims that the Gupta family short-changed their staff by making Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) deductions from their salaries but not paying the monies over to the labour department.
SAA denies deadlock in wage negotiations with four unions BDLive reports that South African Airways (SAA) insists that there is no deadlock in wage negotiations with four unions, despite fresh comments intimating that the national carrier is not in a financial crisis.
Teti Traffic strikers to hand over memo at Sanral offices on Friday before CCMA meeting TMG Digital reports that striking South African Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (Satawu) members employed by Teti Traffic will hand over a memorandum of wage demands at the offices of the SA National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) on Friday.
VAT hike would be no good solution to budget deficit, says Fedusa BDLive reports that the Federation of Unions of SA (Fedusa) on Wednesday opposed suggestions that value-added tax (VAT) be increased, saying it would burden the poor.
SAA provides clarification in respect of Myeni and suspension of HR boss eNCA reports that South African Airways (SAA) on Wednesday labelled "misleading" reports that its general manager of human resources, Thuli Mpshe, has been placed on precautionary suspension by the chairperson of the board of directors, Dudu Myeni.
See our listing of links to labour articles published on the internet on Wednesday, 11 May 2016 at SA Labour News
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