HR Quarterly PWC
HR Quarterly PWC
HR Quarterly PWC
June 2013
A quarterly journal published by PwC South Africa providing informed commentary on current developments in the Reward arena both locally and internationally.
Contents
Employer of Choice clich or achievable reality?...............................................................3 PwC Human Resource Services news....................................................................................4 PwC REMeasure news........................................................................................................4 The New Organisational Imperative - supporting the learning ecosystem .........................5 Does improving retention drive the bottom line? .................................................................7 Apollo Tyres labour appeal court decision Do you know what constitutes provision of benefits to employees? .................................9 Southern Africa salary and wage movements in 2013 .........................................................11 Proposed Data Protection Bill: how does it influence your survey data submissions? ...... 13 Using a pay structure to ensure internal and external pay equity ...................................... 15 PwCs REMchannel growth.............................................................................................. 17 Forthcoming attractions ...................................................................................................... 18
Contacts If you require additional background on the published information, please contact: Gerald Seegers +27 82 655 7097 Martin Hopkins +27 82 459 4168 Barry Vorster +27 82 777 0017 Louna Robbertse +27 79 494 3222 Tumi Seaketso +27 82 464 8126 Ren Richter +27 82 460 4348 Karen Crous +27 83 286 6960 Pam Maharaj +27 82 458 2518 Carol Shepherd +27 84 657 3526 Minda Botha +27 83 787 4878
We can help you understand what your competitors are offering and how you can become an employer of choice. The PwC Reward Team
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Within most organisations, resources and rands spent by the primary group responsible for managing learning in the enterprise - Learning & Development - goes towards formal learning. At the same time it is widely accepted that the majority of learning within an organization occurs outside of formal learning activities. The Center for Creative Leadership considers it to be at least 70%1. This disconnect between where learning investments are
made and where enterprise learning occurs carries real implications for organizational performance. According to PwC's 15th Annual Global CEO Survey, published in 2012, one in four CEOs said they were unable to pursue a market opportunity or cancelled or delayed a strategic initiative because of talent challenges. One in three CEOs see skill shortages impacting their companys ability to innovate effectively. In order to attract the right talent to get things done, organisations must align learning to the needs and expectations of the future workplace and workforce.
(2011). The 70-20-10 Rule. Leading Effectively e-Newsletter. Retrieved Nov 28, 2011 from http://www.ccl.org/leadership/enewsletter/2011/NOVrule.aspx
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So, why don't learning organisations better support less formal learning activities?
In large part, it is due to organisations' steady reliance on formal and structured activities, such as classroom training and Computer Based Training (CBT). Reasons for this reliance on formal learning include:
Generational Preferences: Many leadership positions across the enterprise are held by Baby Boomers. As a generation, Baby Boomers tend to prefer more structured and linear, learning activities, or controlled learning environments to practice essential skills. Risk Aversion: Formal learning is a known quantity, and buy-in is generally high, even if overall satisfaction varies. Employees may question the quality of content or instruction, but they rarely object to formal learning. Established Metrics and Predictable Costs: There is an abundance of established, recognized, and accepted ROI metrics for formal/structured learning, and the cost of formal learning, and how it scales, is well understood.
Flexible Environment: Formal Classroom content is flexible and scalable, lending itself to a range of different environments. Technology: Until recently, social technology for corporate use was not commercially available and accepted as a 'business critical' tool.
Historically, best-in-class learning organisations have stood out from the crowd because they have done a superb job of aligning what is taught to the business with the needs of the enterprise. These 'gold standard' learning organizations have a deep understanding of learning content, but may not consider opportunities to capture learning within the organization - especially as we look to the future of learning. As learning organisations mature and refine their efforts, they are able to consider not only content, but also the venue and vehicle by which learning occurs.
An effective Enterprise Learning strategy should become part of the fabric of the organization, creating a collaborative culture and source of lasting competitive advantage. The next wave of productivity gains is waiting. Go unlock it. For further information on enterprise learning and building your own learning strategy please contact Barry Vorster at [email protected].
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competitors have dug themselves into a deep financial hole. There is a significant difference between the top quartile and bottom quartile voluntary turnover. In most industries, top quartile performers experience twice the amount of separations than bottom quartile performers. Given the cost of turnover, companies that work to address their retention problems can make a dramatic impact to the bottom line. Some of the issues that you may be facing include:
You need to get the right people with the right skills in the right roles at the right time and be in a position to get the best out of them while making sure that you create the environment in which they thrive. You want to ensure successful change by involving the people impacted and enabling them to drive and sustain the business change. You have to establish the control and coordination required to manage projects and programmes successfully, achieving the right business results. Your reward programmes are not effective in rewarding key talent and your performance management systems are not effective in dealing with non-performance. You have skill gaps combined with/or a mismatch between supply and demand for talent. You are seeking benchmarks for the efficiency and effectiveness of your HR function. You want managers to understand, manage and own people issues.
Lost productivity during a vacancy; Diminished productivity of the team and managers who are covering for a vacant position; Diminished productivity of the team and managers who are training the new hire; Increased labour costs due to overtime or contractors needs; and Hiring and onboarding costs.
More difficult to quantify impacts may include decreased customer satisfaction, increased future turnover and loss of institutional knowledge. Combined, these turnover-related costs represented more than 12% of pre-tax income for the average company. For companies at the high end of the spectrum, at the 75th percentile, turnover costs are equivalent to nearly 40% of earnings! Companies that are lagging their
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You want to structure your organisation with the right capabilities and leadership to execute the business strategy. You want the organisation's culture to be a competitive advantage. You need to engage and motivate a diverse workforce. You are seeking effective strategies for people development and growth. You find keeping people in the right places, at the right time even more challenging and demanding.
You need to make changes to your strategies for managing talent over the next 12 months. You are challenged with costs of employee turnover, employee engagement and staff productivity.
Whether a company operates in a single country or many countries, we are well positioned to help develop effective total compensation and talent management programs. The transition to a global total compensation platform allows companies to be more competitive locally and internationally, and to ensure internal parity in the way they reward their employees.
Our offering assists companies to align their executive and employee compensation with business objectives and best practice. By blending our Tax, Legal, HR, Talent Management and financial professional knowledge, we are able to help companies tie their employee rewards to business goals and shareholder value.
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On 21 February 2012 the Labour Appeal Court in Durban delivered judgment in the matter of Apollo Tyres South Africa (Pty) Ltd versus the CCMA, CCMA Commissioner Almeiro Deyzel, and Kurchid Goolam Hoosen. This decision has been earmarked as particularly important. The decision centres around what constitutes a benefit in terms of section 186(2)(a) of the Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995:(2) Unfair labour practice means any unfair act or omission that arises between an employer and an employee involving(a) unfair conduct by the employer relating to the promotion, demotion, probation (excluding disputes about dismissals for a reason relating to probation) or training of an employee or relating to the provision of benefits to an employee
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The facts of the case were as follows:Hoosen was employed by Apollo Tyres from 1984. Apollo Tyres initiated an early retirement scheme in 2008 for some employees. Hoosen applied for entry into the scheme but was refused entry. Hoosen resigned, and while serving her notice period she referred a dispute to the CCMA for unfair labour practice since she was refused entry into the scheme. At the CCMA, the Commissioner found that it was unfair to exclude Hoosen from the early retirement scheme. The Commissioner ordered that Apollo Tyres was to pay Hoosen an amount of R123 637,22 which represents what Hoosen would have received had she been granted the early retirement benefit. Apollo Tyres approached the Labour Court for a review of the CCMA decision. The Labour Court found that the Commissioners ruling that the scheme was a benefit falling within the purview of section 186(2)(a) fell within the band of reasonableness. Apollo Tyres was unsuccessful at the Labour Court and therefore approached the Labour Appeal Court in order to appeal the Labour Courts decision. At the Labour Appeal Court the principal issue on which Apollo Tyres had approached the court was on whether the early retirement scheme constituted a benefit as contemplated in the Act. In several earlier court decisions it was found that a benefit is something which arises out of a contract of employment. The counsel for Apollo Tyres argued that an employee may not rely on the provisions of section 186(2)(a) to create a right that does not exist. In other words Apollo Tyres believed that Hoosen did not have a right to belong to the early retirement scheme, and that Hoosen was now relying on an unfair labour practice claim to try and create a right where one did not exist contractually in the first place. Apollo Tyres asserted that fairness and clarity dictate that unfair conduct should be impeachable only in relation to existing rights. The counsel referred to the Hospersa case wherein it was expressed that a right to a benefit must be derived from statute, contract or a collective agreement. In response to Apollo Tyres submissions, counsel for Hoosen stated that benefits is construed wider than mere contractual entitlements. The Labour Appeal Court expressed that the approach that the benefit must be an entitlement rooted in contract or legislation is untenable. Such notion would in fact render the unfair labour practice jurisdiction sterile. The Court went on to say that benefit in s186(2)(a) means existing advantages or privileges to which an employee is entitled as a right or granted in terms of a policy or practice subject to the employers practice. Accordingly the Court dismissed Apollo Tyres appeal. It is important for employers to take cognizance of the fact that the current approach of the courts is that benefits, when considering unfair labour practice claims, refer not only to advantages which have been granted by the employer but also advantages to which the Court believes the employee is entitled.
For further information on unfair labour practices and employment law services please contact Candice Aletter at [email protected]
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Anticipated total package increments for the next twelve month period The following table provides a quartile analysis for the anticipated total package increases for the next 12 month period. The projections range between 0% and 15% in the individual employee categories with an average budgeted increase of 6.6% overall.
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Extracted from the bi-annual Salary and Wage Movement Survey published in March 2013.
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Anticipated total package increments for the next twelve month period Employee category Executives Management General staff Total lift to payroll 25th percentile 6.0% 6.0% 6.0% 6.0% 50th percentile 6.6% 6.5% 6.7% 6.7% 75th percentile 7.0% 7.0% 7.0% 7.0% Average 6.6% 6.5% 6.6% 6.6%
The following table provides the average anticipated regional percentage increases for the Southern Africa region in the next 12months. PwC Remchannel will be conducting salary and wage movement surveys throughout the Africa region in the coming months and these will also be provided in our 3rd and 4th HR Quarterly publications.
Anticipated regional pay increments for the next twelve month period Country Botswana Namibia Swaziland Basic Cash 8.9% 6.8% 6.3% Total Guaranteed Package 6.9% 6.8% 6.2%
To ascertain the actual and envisaged salary and wage movement trends for 2013, the biannual PwC Salary and Wage Movement Survey will again be published in September 2013. The survey not only researches salary movements but also negotiated minimum rates of pay, starting rates of pay for graduates and labour turnover by industry and discipline. Should you wish to participate in the survey please contact either [email protected] or [email protected]. Please note that terms and conditions apply.
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Proposed Data Protection Bill: how does it influence your survey data submissions?
The Data Protection Bill has been defined as: An Act to promote the protection of personal information processed by public and private bodies; to provide for the establishment of an Information Protection Commission; and to provide for matters incidental thereto.
The Act, once promulgated, has major implications for employers, not only in the survey data submission process but in any instance where information must be submitted to a third party.The general provisions of the Bill states that the objects of the Act are: To give effect to the constitutional right to privacy
by safeguarding a persons personal information when processed by public and private bodies; in a manner which balances that right with any other rights subject to justifiable limitation, including, but not limited to effective, efficient and good governance and the free flow of personal information;
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to establish voluntary and mandatory mechanisms or procedures which will be in harmony with international prescripts; generally, to promote transparency, accountability and effective governance of all public and private bodies.
The Bill also states that personal information may only be processed where the:
data subject has given consent for the processing; or processing is necessary for the performance of a contract or agreement to which the data subject is party, or for actions to be carried out at the request of the data subject and which are necessary for the conclusion or implementation of a contract; or processing is necessary in order to comply with a legal obligation to which the responsible party is subject; or processing is necessary in order to protect an interest of the data subject; or processing is necessary for the proper performance of a public law duty by the administrative body concerned; or processing is necessary for upholding the legitimate interests of the responsible party or of a third party to whom the information is supplied.
As the Bill and proposed Act has been designed to protect employees from the fraudulent and unauthorised usage of personal information, the REMchannel data collection methodology can be justified by a number of the elements stated above. However, it may be prudent for employers to consider changes in the employment contracts of employees to ensure that the provisions of the Act are not transgressed. Employers should add a specific reference to employment contracts to ensure that the company remains within the stipulations of the proposed Act. An example of the clause is as follows:
Protection of personal information The company collects, processes, transfers, stores and uses your personal information for legitimate regulatory, client/customer service purposes and for the purpose of managing the human resources, payroll, remuneration benchmarking, business management process and related matters. This may include the transfer of your personal information within and between the organisations international networks. Your consent is hereby obtained for such collection, processing, transfer, storage and use of your personal information by the company for the purposes stipulated. Should you wish to withhold this consent you must inform the company of this fact expressly in writing so it can be resolved between the parties.
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between the market median and the midpoint of the grade. Market data may not be available for all jobs. Such jobs are often slotted into similar grades according to the scope of the job, the responsibilities and the scope of the budget the position handles. Here it is important to ensure that the grading methodology is fair and justifiable. Ensure transparency of the pay structures Line management should know what they can pay within the hierarchical structure. This not only assists them to stay within the value for the job but also ensures that current staff understand the methodology used to attract new hires to the organisation. Recruitment and retention is so critical to the success of the organisation and transparency ensures that speculation about the pay for a specific job is eliminated. We offer a skills transfer workshop providing newer and seasoned reward practitioners with the know how to design a pay structure based on sound remuneration principles. Our workshops are limited to 20 delegates to ensure that each attendee receives the maximum value from the training. The workshop dates for the remainder of 2013 has been provided below. Should you require further information please visit our website at www.remchannel.co.za and select the Training and Workshops tab to download the booking forms. Alternatively please contact Louise de la Rey at [email protected].
Two-day Workshops for Remuneration Practitioners Sales Compensation (1 day) Pay Structuring Pay Structuring Excel Skills Excel Skills Pay Structuring Job Profiling and Job Evaluation Workshop Incentive Design Long-Term Incentive Design and Trends ( day) Excel Skills Advanced Excel Skills & Excel Dashboards Location Johannesburg Cape Town Durban Johannesburg Cape Town Johannesburg Johannesburg Cape Town Johannesburg Johannesburg Johannesburg Dates for 2013 14 June 2013 19 & 20 June 2013 18 & 19 July 2013 23 & 24 July 2013 06 & 07 August 2013 21 & 22 August 2013 04 & 05 September 2013 16 & 17 September 2013 02 October 2013 17 & 18 October 2013 12 & 13 November 2013
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Afena Capital Proprietary Ltd Alacrity Technologies (Pty) Ltd Astrapak Finance Company 5one Marketing SA Anglo American Kumba Iron Ore - Project Engineering Bidvest Bank Limited Black & Veatch International Incorporated in US Botswana International University of Science and Technology Bravura Equity Services (Pty) Ltd Capfin (Pty) Ltd Core Facts Training Leadership Consulting Dube Tradeport Corporation EM Software Systems SA (Pty) Ltd EMSS Consulting Genasys Technologies (Pty) Ltd Government Employees Pension Fund Independent Communication Authority of SA (ICASA) Intercare Managed Healthcare (Pty) Ltd Kagiso Media Limited Mineworkers Provident Fund
NAMclear (Pty) Ltd Namibia Training Authority Namibia Water Corporation Noble Resources South Africa Offshore Development Company Namibia Old Mutual Life Assurance Company Namibia Oshikuku Town Council Phumulele Gaming Queenspark (Pty) Ltd Rhino Africa Safaris Robertson Winery (Pty) Ltd SAA Technical Services Sentula Mining Limited Sibanye Gold Ltd Swakop Uranium (Pty) Ltd Sylvania SA (Pty) Ltd The Spar Group Ltd Trafigura Services SA (Pty) Ltd Trans Caledon Tunnel Authority TWP Projects (Pty) Ltd Ubank Ltd Wesizwe Platinum Limited Xvest Investments
The South African REMchannel on-line internet based salary survey now has more than 480 participants covering all job families and more than 1700 jobs. The National All Industry sector includes participants from all the major industry sectors represented in South Africa with more than 800 000 data points. For a full participant list please contact Margie Manners at [email protected]. The Kenya, Zimbabwe, Namibia and Swaziland surveys now collectively have more than 80 participants and continue to grow each quarter. In addition we are launching in Uganda in the 4th quarter of 2013 with more expansion planned for the other African countries in the next 18 months. For more information on the Africa expansion please contact Carol Shepherd at [email protected].
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Forthcoming attractions
The following thought leadership and survey publications will be released during 2013 Should you wish to obtain more information about these publications, please contact Gerald Seegers, Martin Hopkins or Ren Richter. Short Term Incentive and Commission Survey (2nd Quarter 2013) Executive Directors Remuneration thought leadership publication (July 2013) Employee Benefits Survey (3rd Quarter 2013) Salary and Wage Movement Survey (3rd Quarter 2013)
These are just some of the South African publications planned for the next few months and we will announce additional South African and Global reward and human resources thought leadership publications on our website on a continuous basis.
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