The subject matter of this publication is not static, and related issues of concern or interest crop up frequently. The newsletters included here are a form of editorial by the authors of the publication offering comment and explanation of these issues as they arise.
The most recent newsletters are listed here by date order, the most recent one first.
The pain and frustrations that employers have gone through in an effort to appease and accommodate the labour movement must surely have had some logical objectives. Where are we now in relation to these objectives, and what is the next step?
The King III Report applies to all organizations, in both the public and private sector, and however incorporated. There are major implications in this for employers in terms of remuneration policy - affecting all employees, labour relations and HR policy in general.
We argue that competency-based pay notch systems provide a more satisfactory solution than broadbanding to both employer and employee. We predict that the growing popularity of fully-fledged "pay progression" systems marks the death knell of broad-banding as we know it in SA.
Variable pay needs to be leveraged off a lower base in order to influence behaviours across the whole organization. The market positioning of guaranteed pay is critical in achieving this.
It is more critical than ever in these difficult times to manage people, their performance and their pay properly. Higher standards of professionalism are needed on the part of the HR team.