JULY 2021 – SOUTH AFRICA POPI ACT and PAIA – INFORMATION REGULATOR NOTICES It is important that employers note the following: Commencement of certain sections of the Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Act The Information Regulator has extended the commencement date of section 58(2) of the POPI Act, 2013 provision that requires organisations to...
If you’re ready or not – POPIA compliance looms With everything that businesses are faced with today, the last thing managers need is to overlook a critical issue, especially one that can make or break operations… so, we are taking this opportunity to remind the market that the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) comes...
CRS is now a PayCurve partner for employee wellbeing CRS Technologies has partnered with financial technology platform PayCurve to provide corporate customers with the means to drive employee financial and emotional wellbeing by providing staff with flexible access to a portion of their earned salaries at any time during the month. “We have encountered several companies...
Leverage the experience of trained HR and legal experts to manage workplace regulations and legalities without the hassle Is your organisation and workforce COVID-19 ready? Does your human resources team know the ins and outs of the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA)? Have you developed a consistent retrenchment package that adheres to recent regulatory changes? For most...
From complacency to compliance: POPIA is here In 2013 the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) was put into motion, with some sections coming into effect from 2014 and others slowly entering the business arena over the years that followed. On 22 June 2020, the Act suddenly got serious – President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that...
The Risks and Complexities of Social Media Hiring Social media may be in the public domain but the personality online is not necessarily the person in the real world. “Love life! Drinking it all!” The moment a person hits Send on a social media post it enters the public domain. Their plan to drink an entire bottle of...
