Organisational Mental Health Focus: Bullying in the workplace
Bullying in the workplace By: Senzekile Shongwe, Psycho-Social Therapist and Mental health educator Bullying in the workplace is more common than we think, people mistaken it to action of authority or the general rule of management and leadership, but is it? Workplace...Celebrating our Heritage!
by Dr Sane Moleko SIOPSA Executive Member: Brand and Marketing Heritage Day is celebrated on 24 September and is an opportunity for South Africans to acknowledge, embrace and share the diversity of cultures, traditions, beliefs, languages and so much more that forms...Diversity is heritage, proposals to amend the Employment Equity Act
Heritage month is our annual reminder of the diverse heritage of the South Africa population, and accordingly, of South African workplaces. In the workplace content, the Employment Equity Act protects heritage by prohibiting unfair discrimination on a number of grounds, including race, ethnic or social origin, colour, and language. Unfair discrimination is prohibited, but fair discrimination, is not. Included in fair discrimination is the taking of affirmative action measures. We asked an labour law expert, what should possibly change.
Identity and Diversity in the Workplace – An interview with Dr Byron Adams
The SIOPSA Johannesburg Regional Branch recently interviewed Dr Byron Adams who is currently Assistant Professor at Tilburg University (UvT) in the Netherlands, Guest Professor at Ghent University (UG) in Belgium, and Senior Research Associate at the University of...Leading With Compassion During The Pandemic
Employers and employees alike will experience the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic long after lockdown regulations have been relaxed. As businesses return to the new normal, Dr Natasha Winkler-Titus, president of Society for Industrial and Organisational Psychology in...