Employers should not reach for retrenchments too quickly as oil shock squeezes workers

Daily Maverick | 14.05.2026 01:24
That was one of the key messages from a Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr webinar on global conflict, local economic pressure and the workplace, where Aadil Patel, practice head and director at the firm, and Annabel Bishop, chief economist at Investec, unpacked what the latest external shock could mean for South African employers and employees.