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Inflation Monitor | March 2024 by admin CPI / inflation / inflation monitor / wage bargaining The annual headline inflation rate slowed down to 5.3% in March 2024 from 5.6% in February 2024.
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Inflation Monitor | February 2024 by admin CPI / inflation / inflation monitor / wage bargaining The annual headline inflation rate rose to 5.6% in February 2024, up from 5.3% in January 2024.
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Read More3 months ago Actions we can take to stop GBVH in garment factories and clothing retail stores by Nelly Nyagah garment manufacturing / gender based violence / ILO Convention 190 / impact / participatory action research / retail clothing / workers’ rights 98% of women workers surveyed say they have experienced one or more incidents of gender-based violence or harassment.
Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 1997 by admin Basic Conditions of Employment Act / BCEA / conditions at work / workers’ rights
Location-based platform work in South Africa – Mapping the prospects for organising by admin digital economy / gig economy / gig workers / organise / platform economy / workers’ rights
Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) Fact sheet by admin care work / National School Nutrition Programme / social protection / UIF benefits / UIF fact sheet / volunteer food handlers / vulnerable work
Bargaining Benchmarks | March 2024 by admin GDP / inflation / labour relations / unemployment rate / wage bargaining / wages
Wage Bargaining Review | 2024 by admin Actual Wage Rates Database / collective bargaining agreements / wage bargaining / wage bargaining review