In late January month, something out of the ordinary occurred while attending a site meeting with a colleague who had been appointed the project's Health and Safety officer.

The following important notice from the Department of Labour appeared in the Wednesday 13 February edition of Business Day.

An appeal review by the Labour Appeal Court on 24 July 2012 about the acceptance of a sick note issued by a Sangoma may have far reaching effects for employees and employers alike in South Africa.

Johannesburg Stock Exchange listed human capital management group Adcorp last week announced South African labour productivity was at the lowest level in 46 years making it difficult to create employment opportunities.

Prominent Association member Ray Basson furnished us with details of a labour rate dispute his company recently encountered while working on a project on KwaZulu-Natal’s South Coast.

It happens that tense and confrontational situations in the workplace between employers and employees arise. This is tale about such an event which commenced on 1 April 2002 when a travel luggage firm acquired new owners.

We refer to your memorandum, and in particular the section addressed to the Construction Federations and Associations.

With the Local Government Election virtually out of the way, labour relations exponents are predicting that tough wage negotiations are about to commence.

Something that one would not expect to have to deal with when employing the services of a member of Master Builders KwaZulu-Natal is shoddy workmanship and contractual disputes ......

South African unemployment is a major social, economic and political issue. The high rate of unemployment is one of the basic causes of poverty in the country which is aggravated by the disparity in the uneven distribution of wealth and income.