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Employers must ensure a safe and healthy work environment, which includes mental and psychological safety. Photo: File

Trauma in the workplace should not be swept under the carpet

Addressing workplace trauma requires empathy, legal compliance and interventions such as counselling and training

6 min read
One in 10 women suffers from endometriosis, but workplaces seldom recognise this debilitating condition. Photo: Pexels/Anna Shvets

Workplaces must wake up to the harmful invisibility of endometriosis

Employers, work policies and labour law do not accommodate this health issue, which results in women missing promotions, getting unfair performance reviews or losing their jobs

4 min read
Digital content may seem harmless but children are being commodified and South Africa’s legal framework has not evolved to include the digital economy.

Pixels and protection: Strengthening legal frameworks against digital child labour

In many cases, the digital economy presents a perceived lifeline for families who are struggling to make ends meet

6 min read
A break every year is an employee’s right, but if not taken in the six-month annual cycle, you forfeit it

Take your annual leave or lose it

A break every year is an employee’s right, but if not taken in the six-month annual cycle, you forfeit it

  • Eyaaz
9 min read
The commencement date of the amendments has not yet been proclaimed. File photo.

More workers brought into labour safety net

Minister Thulas Nxesi has raised the earnings threshold for employees receiving certain protections under the Basic Conditions of Employment Act

  • Des Erasmus
4 min read
Dr Linda Meyer

From despair to hope: how to transform job loss into opportunity

While it is stressful to lose your job, it can open new doors for you

  • Derek Davey
6 min read