The white workforce in South Africa is ageing and this has implications in areas ranging from employment equity to the shortage of skilled individuals, the SA Institute of Race Relations (IRR) said in a report on labour market trends issued on Wednesday. In 2015 close to half (48.5%) of what the IRR refers to as "African economically active people" were aged below 35. For the white population, about two-thirds (66.6%) of economically active people were aged 35 and above. According to the … [Read more...] about Ageing workforce to impact SA labour market
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All Work But No Pay
The Labour Market is unable to absorb most or all newly qualified work seekers and matriculants are flooding universities who can't accommodate them. This is according to Faan Coetzee, a Director in the Employment practice at Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr business law firm, who further notes that a relatively small number will also end up in the training programmes funded by Setas and others may be contemplating working for free to obtain suitable experience to rely on to progress to a duly paid … [Read more...] about All Work But No Pay
