"Companies have shifted from pure compliance around diversity to embracing the impact and value of different perspectives. In the South African context, diversity is not just about ethnicity, though," says Dalene Sechele, Executive: Corporate…
"The workplace is a vastly different place to the one our parents knew. In the past, it was accepted that people left their emotional concerns at home, and a ‘command and control’ style of leadership was the norm. The new world of work compels…
"This effectively means that there will now be more people who are not protected by the BCEA. Employers and staff should ensure that they understand the impact of this on employees affected by the change as it could have a material influence…
Following the Finance Minister's Budget speech delivered this afternoon, Discovery Group' several experts passed commentary saying, overall the Group does recognise that there are significant fiscal challenges and little room for increasing…
“With absenteeism costing the South African economy an estimated R15-billion, and 15% of the workforce taking sick leave daily, companies are investing more in their employees’ health than ever before to achieve better business results," says…
“We at Old Mutual wholeheartedly support the reforms as the most important regulations to move us towards ending old age poverty at retirement. In this context, the industry is doing all it can to prepare for implementation, but we cannot undertake…
“Knowing that costs are a factor for all businesses, but more so for SMMEs, we have developed a product focused on convenience, cost effectiveness and choice,” says Nzwa Shoniwa, Managing Executive at Sanlam Umbrella Solutions.
"Demand for basic health insurance plans that cover basic primary medical care such as day-to-day consultations with general practitioners, dentistry, optometry and acute and chronic medication have seen significant growth in the last 12 months.…
"Analysis of our annual claims data reveals a visible and concerning increase in the incidence of deaths associated with cardiovascular disease among our client base – that is, illnesses which affect the heart and blood vessels - as well as…
“For Sanlam Umbrella Solutions, our members remain the most important partners that we have, with our sole purpose to empower them to be financially confident about their future thus improving their retirement outcomes. It is for this reason…
“The biggest future challenge is the amount of change that looms under headings like infrastructure investing, transformation and two pots”, says Kobus Hanekom, Principal Officer of the Sanlam Umbrella Fund. The Sanlam Umbrella Fund’s 2022 Symposium…
Young people need to be educated on how to mitigate associated risks by incorporating insurance into their financial planning as early as possible as this is an important part of building financial literacy and preparing the youth for nurturing…
The reality is that retirees are targets of brazen criminals who will exploit vulnerabilities to get access to retirement savings, and any loss of funds can have devastating consequences for their financial security, warns Ann Cloete Senior…
Data processing is becoming a litigious minefield with a swath of global data privacy laws adding to the fray, such as the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and Brazil’s General Data Protection…
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