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28th March 2013

New minimum wage boosts mechanization

The minimum wage for forestry workers in South Africa is set to increase by 56% to R2 229 per month,

02nd March 2013

Case studies on employment best practice

The recent devastating strikes amongst farm workers in the Western Cape has once again drawn attention to the critical importance of maintaining good labour relations and fair employment conditions

11th January 2013

Jobs vs Starvation

Rory Mack offers some insight into the controversial topic of decent work vs wage rates... The current back and forth

05th November 2012

Showdown over labour looms

How the outcome of the Labour Law Amendment Bills could impact on growers, contractors and workers. By Jeanette Clarke The

31st August 2012

Task work in forestry

In the labour column published in the April 2012 issue of SA Forestry magazine, some of the key findings of

27th June 2012

It’s like running a marathon every day

Over the past decade, there have been a number of studies done in South Africa on the ergonomics of forestry work. All studies reviewed present a similar finding: that there is a severe mismatch between the physical demands of certain types of forestry work and workers' capabilities...

12th June 2012

Mondi’s plan to create ‘decent work’

Mondi's South African forests division has embarked on an ambitious programme to improve working conditions for the thousands of workers

25th April 2012

Working conditions of forestry workers in South Africa

  A study into working conditions of forestry labour commissioned by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) is

27th February 2012

Striving for decent work in the forestry sector

IntroductionThe previous column on forest labour highlighted the impact that labour outsourcing had on wages and working conditions in the

15th December 2011

A job of choice or last resort

There was a sea-change in labour practices in the forestry industry between the 1990s and early 2000s. Where previously, forest

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