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Trends in the workplace
Survey, 2008
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Skills Shortage and
Xenophobia - how to get
opposites to attract
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Remain Focused on Future
Growth despite current
Financial Crisis - WEF
Report
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Trends in
the Workplace
Survey, 2008
by
International
Organisation
of Employers
(IOE)
The results
of the 2008
IOE "Trends
in the
Workplace"
survey
reveal that
the
employers'
perception
of the
labour
market. in
the global
context is
one of
change and
the need for
effective
adaptation
to that
change.
However,
they also
reveal that
globalization
presents an
opportunity
both for
employers
and for
workers.
The survey
shows that
employers
are
increasingly
confronted
with issues
arising from
global
economic
integration.
Examples of
such issues
include, but
are not
limited to,
the
following:
* A changing
labour
market and
the need to
adapt legal
structures
and
frameworks
to meet the
changes in
an
increasingly
globalized
world;
informality;
* New ways
of working
and the
ever-increasing
focus on
productivity
and the need
for skills;
and
* The role
of employers
in society
as
enterprises
as well; as
social
dialogue
partners in
policy
debates.
In order for
economies to
meet the
challenges
of
globalization
in a way
that
promotes the
well-being
of all
involved,
national
policies and
practices
need to
reflect the
realities of
the changing
economy and
labour
markets. As
is evident
from the
results of
this survey,
more
restrictive
regulation
is clearly
not the
answer.
opposite and
serves as a
barrier to
labour
market entry
for these
groups.
About the
IOE - Since
its creation
in 1920 the
International
Organisation
of Employers
(IOE) has
been
recognised
as the only
organisation
at the
international
level that
represents
the
interests of
business in
the labour
and social
policy
fields.
Today, it
consists of
146 national
employer
organisations
from 139
countries
from all
over the
world.
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Skills Shortage
and Xenophobia -
how to get
opposites to
attract
by Tracey
Lander, Director
- Workinfo.com
Recruitment
On 20 October
1998, the
Republic of
South Africa
assented to Act
no 97 of 1998
known as the
Skills
Development Act.
The introduction
was aimed at:
"Providing an
institutional
framework to
devise and
implement
national, sector
and workplace
strategies to
develop and
improve the
skills of the
South African
workforce, to
integrate those
strategies
within the
National
Qualifications
Framework
contemplated in
the South
African
Qualifications
Authority Act,
1995, to provide
for learnerships
that lead to
recognised
occupational
qualifications,
to provide for
the financing of
skills
development by
means of a
levy-grant
scheme and a
National Skills
Fund, to provide
for and regulate
employment
services; and to
provide for
matters
connected
therewith."
We are ten years
after the
introduction and
in my experience
we find
companies
adhering to the
legislation but
adherence is
different from
understanding
the impact of
development (and
in some cases
lack of
development).
Compliance in
the form of
completing a
workplace skills
plan does not
mean that South
African rands
are being
invested in the
right people and
the right
skills. How do
we know that the
skills we are
giving our
people are the
skills required
in the future?
What are the
skills shortages
that we face?
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Remain Focused on
Future Growth
despite current
Financial Crisis -
WEF Report
In an increasingly
complex and
interconnected
global environment,
risks can no longer
be contained within
geographical or
system boundaries.
Globalization has
caused risks to
assume new
dimensions and
affect more and more
sectors of the
global economy. The
Global Risk Network
seeks to identify
and assess key
current and emerging
risks to global
business and the
world economy that
are systemic in
nature. It strives
to study global
risks, assess their
likely effects on
different markets
and industries, and
advance thinking
about mitigation
possibilities.
The key message is
that despite the
strength of many new
markets, the degree
of integration in
today's world means
that both
governments and
companies now face
the difficult task
of managing the
immediate
consequences of the
credit crisis while
trying to mitigate
risks to future
growth. Sheana
Tambourgi, Head of
the Global Risk
Network of the World
Economic Forum,
said, "'We
understand how
difficult it is for
organizations to
look at future risks
to growth in the
midst of such
turmoil but our
experience shows
that long term
planning for growth
remains paramount
and neglecting it
could be equally
damaging."
The report looks
ahead at coming
trends and risks,
such as the need for
agreement and action
in sustainable
resources
management, from
energy to water and
arable land; and
some of the factors
influencing the
search for
innovative models
and technological
solutions.
The report concludes
that particularly in
times of crisis it
is critical that
governments,
corporations and
other stakeholders
come together to
manage the immediate
challenges and to
prepare for upcoming
risks.
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