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Strike Season  Update: As we head into the 2011 strike season, get up to speed on developments in the previous years.

The crux of the employment relationship is that one party, the employee places their labour at the disposal of another, the employer, in exchange for remuneration. The employment relationship starts and dare I say, ends with base (guaranteed) pay…

Get a glimpse behind the corporate glass with HR Future’s workplace radical. We are rapidly approaching the end of another year. Time flies especially when you are working.  So here is a blast from the past:  Where did the 2009 go?  Well in my book, 2009 was about leadership and succession battles, dominated by personalities (from [...]

Forget about swine flu taking over the hospitals. The real action this week will be between doctors and government over their remuneration package.

Here is a quick summary of the story so far:

“We don’t worry about the cops, they also want an increase,”
Unidentified Protester
(IOL, 1 June 2007)

“You don’t have to be a member of the union to take part in the marches… it will put more pressure on government to better their offer,”
Patrick Craven – Cosatu
(IOL, 1 June 2007)

“I need to reiterate that this round of salary negotiations is not simply about percentages although it has been played out in the media as a war of percentages. The… technical team looked at a range of options,”
Fraser-Moleketi -nbsp; Public Service and Administration
(Fin24, 31 May 2007)

“Negotiations will depend not just on pussy-footing… negotiations can only happen when there’s a real offer.”
Thulas Nxesi – Sadtu
(Fin24, 30 May 2007)

“We are not going to dump patients.”
Thomas Mamuremi – Nehawu
(Fin24, 30 May 2007)

For the past three years, I have penned a monthly column in HR Future Magazine, “Rattling the Cage” – an irreverent, insightful and hilarious glimpse behind the corporate glass. I have examined everything from talent mismanagement, annoying sales agents, generational conflict, overpaid executives to jobs of the future,unwieldly systems, performance farce and the end of retirement.

Unions & the O word

Historically, unions existed to protect the interests of labour in the workplace. There was strength in numbers, especially for low income earners that needed job security, fair remuneration and humane working conditions. In this country, unions led the struggle against apartheid and shaped the labour dispensation…

A quick synopsis of the news in recent weeks

Positive for

School kids that want to stay at home
Department Science amp; Technology
Some Fidentia Staff
GEMS

Negative for

Government amp; Unions
Those relying on the Public Sector Services…

Work Headlines – January

A quick synopsis of the news in the past fortnight

Positive for

Employee in PFA case
Those in hot jobs
Nolitha Fakude at Sasol

Negative for

Telkom CEO, Papi Molotsane
Northern Free State Employers
SA -Misery Index
Those facing retrenchment at SAA…