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BusinessLive reports that according to consultancy Elsabé Klinck & Associates, medical scheme administrators are overstepping the mark in their fraud investigations into healthcare professionals. Source: Latest News
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Coal employers ditch centralised wage bargaining through Minerals Council
BL Premium reports that employers in the coal industry have withdrawn from the centralised bargaining process under the auspices of the Minerals Council SA (MCSA) and have informed trade unions that wages will be negotiated at company level in the future. Source: Latest News
Old Mutual issues another termination notice to temporarily reinstated CEO Peter Moyo
BusinessLive reports that Old Mutual, which is under pressure from shareholders to end its bruising public battle with Peter Moyo, says it has issued the previously axed CEO with a further notice terminating his employment. Source: Latest News
Afternoon roundup of labour news on Wednesday, 21 August 2019
In our afternoon roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that appeared thus far on Wednesday, 21 August 2019. Source: Latest News
Legal challenge against Mining Charters II and III continues
BusinessLive reports that the legal challenge to remove all mining charters gazetted after the first charter was “definitely going ahead”, the lawyer behind the action, Hulme Scholes, has advised. Source: Latest News
Poor Cape Town households spend 43% of income on transport, says Mayco member
Fin24 reports that according to the City of Cape Town’s Mayco member for urban development, Felicity Purchase, poor households in Cape Town spend about 43% of their income on transport. Source: Latest News
Armed men hold up courier delivery crew in Randburg, no one injured
News24 Wire reports that goods worth R5,000 were stolen from a courier van in Sonneglans, Randburg, on Tuesday. Source: Latest News
Department of Employment and Labour wants salary gap information from companies
ANA reports that the Department of Employment and Labour (DEL) wants employers to provide information on salary differentials between their top earners and lowest paid workers to help it work towards reducing remuneration gaps, a senior official told a workshop in Kimberly. Source: Latest News
Joburg’s newly signed historic labour pact already in tatters
BusinessLive reports that the ink was barely dry on the ground-breaking agreement signed by the City of Johannesburg and two trade unions, before infighting broke out within the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) over the pact. Source: Latest News
Tshwane Council blocks mayor's request to revoke appointment of acting city manager
SowetanLive reports that Tshwane mayor Stevens Mokgalapa’s push for the appointment of the metro’s acting city manager to be revoked fell flat after a marathon special council meeting on Tuesday. Source: Latest News