Creating an environment that employees will stick around for.

Govt department dealing with labour/employment issues.

Look after your staff and they will look after your customers.

The recent power outages have given rise to the question as to whether employees can insist on payment of their salaries or wages for the duration of such outages. In short, employees are normally entitled to payment during a power outage, but employers are not entirely at the mercy of Eskom. They can enter into a contractual arrangement with their employees to mitigate the situation. Here are five applicable principles which underpin why this is.

These questions and answers should clarify what the rules are with regards to the various types of leave.

"Our people are our most important asset". Most business owners have made this statement, but what does it actually mean?

Some employers find it difficult to provide job performance feedback. Find practical tips here to prepare and manage the conversation effectively.

Without employees, a business will not succeed. As a business owner, one of the most critical aspects of your role is, therefore, is to ensure your employees not only have what the need to do their jobs well, but are also sufficiently motivated to do and find satisfaction in the work that they do. Employee management is a multi-faceted and on-going task. This article explores one of those facets by looking at how introducing digital technology (and creating a digital workplace) leads to more motivated and satisfied employees.

Create an employee handbook to cut down on misunderstandings. Your staff will be clear on what the policies are and what to consult if they have a question.

Creating a culture that keeps your employees motivated and happy is key to your business's success.

How to boost post-holiday productivity.

Some tips on how to keep staff productive during the busiest time of the year.

Need help organizing a formal business meeting? Set objectives, assemble attendees, create an agenda, maintain control and follow up. Voila!

Every so often employees need a bit of inspiration to keep them going.

One of the fundamental truths of total quality management is that what cannot be measured cannot be improved. The same is true for performance management. All companies measure the performance of their employees in some fashion, mostly by a best guess on the part of managers at specific points in the business year. The ideal performance management system is not one where the line manager quickly scores an employee once a year when it is time for bonuses or increases. Here is how to better approach performance management.

There are procedures to follow when issuing an employee with a written warning.

A guide to constantly boost staff morale.

Many managers and business owners make the mistake of seeing performance reviews as just another thing they have to do. And many employees make the mistake of seeing performance reviews as simply a way to ask for a raise. But these evaluations and discussions are so much more than that and can be highly beneficial to any business, especially SMEs.

Download the presentation prepared by Nigel Willmott. The topic was presented at a workshop held in Johannesburg for SME Toolkit members on Managing employee debt in your business and why it is important to do so. The workshop was arranged in response to a survey done with small business owners to assess the risk employee debt poses to a business.

A contract of employment may not be signed for various reasons, one of the main reasons being that the employee simply refuses to sign the contract. So, this begs the question: How valid is a contract of employment that has not been signed? The short answer is that the validity of a contract of employment does not depend on whether the parties have signed it. A verbal contract may also be valid. Read on for a brief explanation.