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Unique employee wellness campaign drives international standards

10 March 2015

While the rest of corporate South Africa continues to focus on employee engagement through physical wellness campaigns, one South African company is taking wellness a step further by following international trends, focussing on emotional health. Why? Because mental wellness plays an integral part in employee happiness which, in turn, affects productivity.

EMEA employee benefits communication survey 2015

11 February 2015

Aon Hewitt survey shows that South African organisations are concerned about the effectiveness of their employee benefit communication.

Resigning from your job to get your hands on your retirement savings - short term gain and long term pain

01 October 2014

Desperate times call for desperate measures. When money is tight and debt is high, people will think of any reason to get their hands on their retirement fund benefits, even before they are actually supposed to start drawing on it. It is not surprising that many people see resigning from their employers as the solution to their cash-strapped dilemma when they heard the rumour that Government is going to stop them from accessing their retirement fund benefits before their actual retirement. Add to this the other rumour that Government is going to nationalise retirement funds, and you suddenly see all the signs pointing towards your early exit from your retirement fund. How else can we as members of retirement funds make sure that our money remain ours? Where else can he get money to settle our debts now? Forget about saving for “one day”; the only thing that matters now is “today”.

Tax break for disability claimants may result in behavioural changes

29 September 2014

According to an Association for Savings and Investment South Africa (Asisa) study, South Africans are underinsured by about 60% for disability. Amendments to the Income Tax Act, which take effect on 1 March 2015, will alter the tax treatment of income disability and contribute to closing the current disability insurance gap in South Africa.

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If you had to hazard a guess, when do you reckon the COFI Bill will be signed into law?

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2026, as promised 2027 looks more likely Impossible to say More consultation needed

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