Will SA follow UK? Death of early retirement – more workers aged 50+ than ever before
Are economic conditions forcing workers to work longer? Or is it a case of just living longer that delays retirement?
Labour economics
van Vuuren: Jobs crisis has arrived – Hints of a ‘worse than’ 2008 repeat
Given the shocking unemployment rate in Stats SA’s Quarterly Labour Force Survey, Dwaine van Vuuren says ‘to say we have a jobs crisis is an understatement’.
US jobs rate at pre-global financial crisis levels, hourly work week/wages decline
The US unemployment rate for February remained unchanged at 4.9%, its lowest level since early 2008.
SA policymakers need a reality check – running the country to ruin
Herman Mashaba says South Africa’s political leaders need to start basing their decisions on reality and not wishful thinking as the survival of the country depends on it.
Cees Bruggemans: SA job trends worrisome  Â
Cees Bruggemans’ latest piece for Biznews discusses job trends in South Africa – and just how worrying they are.
Herman Mashaba: How to put SA’s 8.3m unemployed to work
In a speech he made in Stellenbosch last night, entrepreneur Herman Mashaba offered his vision on how to provide jobs for SA’s growing army of unemployed.
NUM signs wage deal with De Beers
Diamond producer De Beers has signed a three-year wage deal with South Africa’s National Union of Mineworkers (NUM)
Why Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant’s “intellectuals” are so silent
On the flexibility of labour, South Africa ranked 144th of 144 countries in the latest WEF Global Competitiveness Report.
‘Modern slavery’ in Malaysia electronics factories: survey
Nearly one-third of the 350,000 workers in Malaysia’s electronics manufacturing sector — a major supplier for leading global brands — suffer labour conditions akin to “modern slavery”, a report released Wednesday said. The study by US-based fair-labour organisation Verite said at least 28 percent of workers toiling in Malaysian electronics factories — particularly foreign migrants … Read more
NEASA – the lock-out continues
Immediately after NUMSA withdrew its urgent application in the Labour Court (case number J1892/14) to stop NEASA from continuing the lock-out of trade union members in light of the fact that NEASA’s demands at the 2014 Metal Industry negotiations were not sufficiently dealt with, the Metal Industry Bargaining Council (MEIBC) arranged a Special General Meeting … Read more