The need for support and how this promotes disclosure As is now well known since earlier this year, all staff need to participate themselves in completing the EEA1 Employment Equity Act forms, as required by the department of Labour. Admittedly, at the time of writing it was mooted by DOL that should anyone not complete EEA1, the relevant line or HR manager could complete it at his or her best discretion. On the form, employees READ MORE
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Thwack!
Thwack! The unmistakable, satisfying, not to mention relieving sound echoed around the outdoor Archery range at the Protea Sports grounds last week on Wednesday 27 August. A familiar sound and sensation; reminisent of the satisfying sound a dart makes when it hits and sticks in the board, as opposed to the sickening racket it makes when it misses, hits the wall and clatters to the ground. It’s the sound of triumph, relief and real pleasure. READ MORE
Disability and CSI
Brussels Sprouts and Sleeping Giants Investment paradox There is little doubt that disability, globally and locally has been a significant recipient of social and corporate investment attention for generations. Even in South Africa, added up, all investment, funding, donations, contributions and charity directed toward Disability would certainly amount to a fortune. But how humanly connected and conscious are we to either the source of our attention or the end results and fruits of our financial READ MORE
Disability Confidence: The Business Case and Higher Education
Part A Companies that fail to embrace Diversity including Disability, as a core business issue,are simply missing the point. Sir Peter Bonnfield, CEO. British Telecom Plc Disability confidence is about balance, perspective and organisational commitment in relation to the practical and attitudinal inclusion of Disability as a bona fide aspect of Diversity and its intrinsic role within the entire organisation. It can very quickly be seen how compatible Disability is with traditional perceptions of Diversity. READ MORE
A Lesson in Applied Diversity
A term I have had knocking around in my mind for some time now. Applied Diversity. I nearly called my workshop by this name, but felt that one should “watch the knitting” and focus on your core business which included the name, so I settled on “Meeting Disability” instead. But the concept of applied theory or theoretical practice has always fascinated me as being logically imperative, and in fact preferable to pure theoretical activity. This READ MORE
A Business Perspective on Disability
Forward to the “Best Company to work for” publication 2005 Published by Corporate Research Foundation By 2005, employers, including the Government have to file compliance or failure in the most underestimated and misunderstood aspect of our country’s transformation process: Disability Equity. Unlike race and, to a lesser extent, gender, disability has been inadequately addressed in terms of the designated groups highlighted within the Employment Equity Act (EEA). Much energy has been spent on attempting to READ MORE