Human resource management
During this reporting period, study assistance was awarded to 58 employees (2016: 65 employees)
who are reading for courses ranging from Doctoral degrees; Masters degrees; Bachelor’s degrees;
Diplomas and Certificates.
HUMAN CAPITAL EXPENDITURE
Our employees are SALGA’s key resource. SALGA recognises that the sustainability of the organisation
also depends on providing fair remuneration, benefits, working conditions and development
opportunities that will attract and retain the right people with the right skills in order to execute the
developmental mandate of the organisation.
SALGA’s remuneration philosophy is designed to attract, develop and retain passionate, committed
and talented people who are required to effectively implement the overall SALGA strategy to the
benefit of SALGA’s membership.
Further, the organisation subscribes to 21st Century Remchanel in order to ensure that remuneration
at SALGA is benchmarked against the job market (comparable) and the organisation’s salary framework
is relevant.
Total employee related costs
The following table summarises the overall SALGA spending on human capital during the period
under review:
Employee related expenditure
2017
Total employee related expenditure
2016
331 132 377 294 042 463
56% 60%
Employee related expenditure as a percentage of Total operating
expenditure¹
¹ - Excludes depreciation and amortisation
Senior management remuneration
Remuneration of senior management
2017
Remuneration of senior management
2016
23 911 542 20 543 490
7% 7%
Remuneration of senior management as a percentage of total
employee related expenditure
Training expenditure
The table below summarises the overall SALGA spending on training its human capital during the
period under review:
Training expenditure 2017 Total training expenditure 4 712 626 4 046 847
1.4% 1.4%
Training expenditure as a percentage of Employee related
expenditure
264
2016