Episode 79: The Importance Of Having Regular Employment Equity Committee Meetings
SEESA Skills Development Facilitators, Monray Fivaz and Kayla Fourie discuss the importance of having regular Employment Equity Committee meetings based on the legal requirements and the benefits to your business. They elaborate on what should be discussed after the initial Employment Equity Committee meeting and why it should be done. Click play to listen to our podcast! Contact your SEESA Skills Development Facilitator to assist your business with Employment Equity Committee meetings....
Sexual harassment at the workplace
The Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995 sets out the guidelines in the Code of Good Practice on the handling of sexual harassment cases. The object of the code is to eliminate sexual harassment in the workplace, and it provides appropriate procedures to deal with the problem and prevent a recurrence. Sexual harassment can be defined as any unwanted conduct of a sexual nature. For example, sexual attention becomes sexual harassment if: a) The behaviour is persisted in, although a single incident of...
UIF Contribution Ceiling Increase from 1 June 2021
The new UIF contribution ceiling has come into effect on 1 June 2021. Employees will now be required to contribute 1% of their remuneration to the UIF up to the new maximum threshold of R17 712 per month, being R177.12 plus the 1% contribution by the Employer equalling R354.24 in total. This constitutes a raise of R2840 from the previous cap of R14 872. Should you require assistance with your company’s UIF & Contribution Fund kindly contact nidene@seesa.co.za To find out how SEESA can help...
Did you know? – It is compulsory to register an Information Officer to comply with the POPI Act
Registration of your Information Officer with the Information Regulator is a compulsory requirement set out in the Protection of Personal Information Act. Registration of Information Officers must be done via: The online portal on the Information Regulator’s website; or Submitted manually via the email address provided by the Information Regulator. Non-compliance with the Protection of Personal Information Act could lead to a fine, reputational damage or imprisonment of your Information...
FAQ – Where can you find legitimate Enterprise & Supplier Development beneficiaries for your business?
Incuvest is a business incubator that takes the hassle out of Enterprise and Supplier Development. As a Business Incubator, Incuvest is the best and most effective solution for your companies Enterprise and Supplier Development needs. We ensure your Enterprise and Supplier Development contributions are used to grow and make our beneficiaries in the program self-sustainable businesses who contribute to the growth of South Africa’s economy. Incuvest also takes the hassle out of Enterprise and...
How does the Motor Industry Bargaining Council (MIBCO) earning threshold influence the employer’s obligation to register employees with the Provident Fund?
On 08 February 2021, The Government Gazette (Vol. 44137) was published stipulating the increase of the earnings threshold, which now amounts to R211 596.30 per annum, an increase of R6 163.00. On 18 March 2021, another Government Gazette (Vol. 44289) was published, stipulating that Non-Parties should now also adhere to the regulations as stated in the MIBCO Main Collective Agreement. In this Gazette (Vol. 44289), it stipulates that the MIBCO Main Collective Agreement was extended to...
Episode 78: Joint Ventures And The Impact Thereof On B-BBEE
SEESA B-BBEE Legal Advisors, Tinita Gerber and Leze Jonker discuss Joint Ventures (JV's) as a safe and viable option for companies caught in the situation where they have considered all other options to be B-BBEE compliant or for those difficult tenders which specifically requires a Joint Venture for the project. They explain the requirements of creating such a Joint Venture and the benefits thereof. Click play to listen to our podcast! Contact your SEESA BEE Legal Advisor to assist and advise...
The benefits of conducting a skills gap analysis within your organisation
Conducting an analysis can sound overwhelming and tends to be met with some resistance in most cases. However, in this article, we break it down in order for you to understand how this works within the organisation. The first thing that you should know about a skills gap analysis: A skills gap analysis is conducted to establish the difference between skills that the organisation requires and the skills that their workforce currently has. Conducting a skills gap analysis helps you...
Misuse of your information for marketing purposes
We are all harassed by unsolicited phone calls and SMSes from a marketing company that wants to sell a product or service that they think we need in our lives. Normally we catch a glimpse on the True Caller App and it is easy to stop the call, but as with all of us, there is that one call that slips through and you are stuck in a conversation that you cannot get out of. In terms of an article published by Business Insider on 29 April 2019, South Africa is ranked 4th in the world for nuisance...
Let Incuvest assist you with all your Enterprise and Supplier Development needs.
Does your company have to participate in Enterprise and Supplier Development for B-BBEE purposes? Tired of trying to find the proper beneficiary and all the admin associated with Enterprise and Supplier Development? Let Incuvest assist you with all your Enterprise and Supplier Development needs. As a verified Enterprise and Supplier Development Incubator, we ensure that your contributions are used to develop our beneficiaries into self-reliant businesses. We also take all the...