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New B-BBEE codes unveiled! Find out what this means for your business...
Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies has unveiled the new Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) codes of good practice. Davies announced the new codes yesterday at the B-BBEE summit in Midrand. Reports suggest the codes will be published in the Government Gazette on October 11. Read on [read more...]Department of Trade and Industry set to announce new B-BBEE codes...
The Department of Trade and Industry, together with the Black Economic Empowerment advisory council, will announce new Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) codes of good practice at a summit on 3 and 4 October, Fin24 reports. Read on to find out how this announcement could affect your [read more...]Industrial Action Report finds SA recorded the highest number of strikes last year
A 2012 Industrial Action Report tabled by the Department of Labour (DoL) has showed a significant increase in the number of strikes last year, compared to the previous four years, EyeWitnessNews reports. According to the report, there were 99 strikes recorded last year alone. Here are the key [read more...]by FSP Business, 09 October 2013 |
The need to accommodate breastfeeding in the workplace is an important equal opportunity and antidiscrimination consideration for you, for the following reasons:
Here's three reasons to support breastfeeding employees
Reason #1: By smoothing the transition back to work, the introduction of workplace policies and provisions to support breastfeeding may positively influence new mothers' workforce participation, says the Health & Safety Advisor.
This means you'll retain valuable employee skills and experience and you won't have to worry about recruiting new people.
Reason #2: In the absence of workplace support for breastfeeding, many new mothers may decide not to return to work following maternity leave. This may be costly for your business.
Why should you support breastfeeding employees, they'll be an earlier transition back to work following maternity leave;
Reason #3: Sometimes women take longer periods of maternity leave to breastfeed because their workplaces don't accommodate breastfeeding. Again, this may be costly for you in terms of finding and training temporary replacements.
Accommodating breastfeeding is generally a low-cost intervention, but the benefits are huge for your business. So be sure to accommodate breastfeeding employees in your company.
I dismissed my employee for fraud at a disciplinary hearing based on documentary evidence. The case has been referred to the CCMA for arbitration. Will the rule of �calling witnesses' still apply? If so, who can be ... [see the answer]