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Remuneration

  • The group ensures that all employees are remunerated in accordance with competitors, and all remuneration packages are market related.
  • Remuneration packages are regularly reviewed and employees are financially empowered based on outstanding work performance.

Benefits

  • Employees are offered benefits in accordance with the Basic Conditions of Employment Act (BCOEA)
  • Provident Fund – All permanent administrative employees belong to the Group Provident fund which is administered by Alexander Forbes and underwritten by Old Mutual. All warehouse employees belong to the registered National Bargaining Council Provident fund.
  • Medical aid – All employees can join the Group medical aid (Discovery Health is the service provider and it is administered by Lewin Consulting). Some employees belong to the National Bargaining Council’s sick pay fund.
  • Funeral scheme – The scheme is wholly subsidised by the Group and available to all administrative employees. Warehouse employees are all members of the Union Funeral Benefit Scheme.

Well being programme

  • The Group supplies HIV/AIDS assistance upon request from employees and trauma counselling is also available when needed. Health and well-being programmes are regularly scheduled for all employees, including voluntary testing for HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis.

Health and Safety

  • The group is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for all employees.
  • All relevant legislation within the Occupational Health and Safety Act of 1993 is fully complied with.

Skills Development

  • The group's biggest aim with regard to developing skills and the supply of training is targeted at empowering employees.
  • This encompasses providing assistance to lower income employees in attaining a matric equivalent certificate to critical business skills such as brand management.
  • Computer training is provided for all administrative employees.
  • Bursaries are generally granted when applied for by the applicant and approval has been given.

Employment Equity

  • The group is gradually moving towards representation as reported and planned in the Employment Equity Reports submitted to the Department of Labour.
  • The group is 100% pro-affirmative action.
  • Each subsidiary has its own consultative forum with employees to ensure that qualitative progress towards levels is met.
  • Carter Harris has been nominated as “one of South Africa’s top gender empowered organisations for 2007”.