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DTIC to host intellectual property colloquium

The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (the DTIC), in partnership with the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC), will host the Intellectual Property and Technology Commercialisation Colloquium at the North West University, Mahikeng campus, from 28-29 March.

Also in partnership in hosting the colloquium, includes the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) through the National Intellectual Property Management Office (NIPMO) and the North-West University.

Quiet hiring: What it means for employers and employees

'Quiet quitting' has been an HR buzzword for about a year now and is used to describe employees who refuse to do more than the bare minimum of their job description... but what about 'quiet hiring'? What is it and what does it mean in organisational terms?

Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr's Nadeem Mahomed defines 'quiet hiring' as the "deliberate avoidance of hiring new employees by leveraging your available resources and skill sets with the employees that you do have."