Worksucks

  Remember the World Cup?   It seems like yesterday, we were celebrating 2010, the economic recovery and the FIFA world cup. Unfortunately, the celebrations were short lived.  

Giant steps back for the rainbow nation in the workplace: (1) White journalists excluded from the Black Journalist Forum off the record meeting with Jacob Zumanbsp; and (2) University of Free State initiation video of black cleaners drinking from a urinated meat soup. How much worse can it get? Or is it isolated, unconnected sparks?

You can read the introductory post of this series, Never Revealed Before, Direct from my Vault (No 1) Written by an anonymous individual, known as the Underpaid Worker. Gender discrimination with men on the receiving end?…

You can read the introductory post of this series, Never Revealed Before, Direct from my Vault (No 1) Written by an anonymous individual, known as the Underpaid Worker. Racism remains alive in the workplace…

Get a glimpse behind the corporate glass with HR Future’s workplace radical.

Gentleman, listen up:

What do women want?nbsp;

It depends on who you ask. It depends on what you hope to find. According to stand-up comedian Chris Rock, your informed half may want everything. Endless love, a mid year holiday break, renewed commitment, the bling, moments of surprise, daily TLC, retail indulgence and while you at it, mind reading. So, that you have perfect answers to her less than perfect questions.
A Google search brings up an impressive 145000 of local web pages to answer this question, a smorgasbord of niche websites, politically charged articles, emotional forum posts, surveys and dating tips. For those that want to devote the rest of their lives exploring all the possibilities of this question, Google has a whopping 30 million global results in reserve. Any brave knights?…

Get a glimpse behind the corporate glass with HR Future’s workplace radical.

The Underpaid Employee

As this column enters the third year in your favourite HR magazine, I never imagined being in this tight corner: so much content to consider each month, from sweeping conjecture and “did you know” material to devilish detail and brutal facts. It is enough to make any HR Executive blush. A recent example – I must thank an individual, possibly a reader of this column, called the “Underpaid Employee” that anonymously sent me over 9000 words about their organisation’s management, HR and talent. That is a lot of writing and commitment! The individual did their homework and went the extra mile to make it easy for me to validate the information. I received details of office locations, job specs, organisational survey data, comparative graphs, names and personal experiences. What more could I ask for?nbsp; While the content did not make it into this column, I have published it on my blog, excluding the personally identifiable information…

After years of deliberation, the Employment Equity Act was promulgated in 1999 with the objective of redressing the “disparities in employment, occupation and income” in the labour market for designated groups…

Work Headlines – February/March

A quick synopsis of the news in the past fortnight

Positive for

Affirmative Action Supporters
Taxpayers

Negative for

Affirmative Action Critics
ANC Sales Staff
Prospective CA Candidates