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Read MoreThe uncertainty that has existed for some time as to whether CCMA Rule 25(1)(c) is unconstitutional has been put to rest by the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA). The matter must now be regarded as settled, unless the lawyers...
Read MoreI support the action brought by Herman Mashaba that seeks to ensure small businesses are not bound by decisions of national bargaining councils, mostly dominated by big business and big labour. This system is patently unfair...
Read MoreFMF research revealed that the system we currently have in South Africa was observed in the United States, New Zealand, Australia and Germany. After the reunification of East and West Germany, the rich western companies...
Read MoreExtending bargaining council agreements to non-parties is being challenged in the High Court as being unconstitutional. All citizens should be allowed to seek work and earn money for food and shelter. Will the ANC and COSATU...
Read MoreWith 7-million destitute job-seekers it would have been very helpful if they could have been freed temporarily at least from aspects of the labour laws making it costly, risky and difficult for anyone to consider employing...
Read MoreSurely labour market outcomes demand an urgent rethink of the labour environment.
Read MoreSince 1995 South Africa has grown at less than half the rate needed to tackle the unemployment crisis. The unemployed are on the other side of ‘Hadrian’s Wall’, they are not part of the bargaining process over labour policy...
Read MoreDr Gavin Lewis, DA spokesman on economic development, Gauteng, responds today in BusinessDay to the opinion of Prof Webster referred to in the earlier post. He concludes with these remarks: “Minsky, or no Minsky,...
Read MoreJim Harris has responded today in BusinessDay (The choice is clear) to the opinions expressed by Professor Webster in yesterday’s BusinessDay (see previous post). He states “Prof Eddie Webster’s long discourse on...
Read MoreProfessor Webster, professor emeritus at the Society Work & Development Institute (SWOP) at Wits University, may have “retired” from full-time employment but is certainly and fortunately still active in...
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