The Employee Relations sector in South Africa is just as unique as our diverse culture. ER professionals face the challenge of managing the success of the relationship between companies and their employees in a country which is economically fragile to say the least.With great economical challenges such as loadshedding, high fuel prices and a struggling forex currency - SA Employers are scraping the bottom of the barrel just to survive and keep their employees on their payroll. The increase in the National Minimum Wage and Employment Equity are all #buzzwords in the ER & HR community - we face the challenge of obtaining mandates for increases, bonuses and incentives daily. Employers try their best to keep up with extremely high demands from the Department of Labour - but that is not possible at all times which cause the downfall or scaling-down of their businesses which comes with lay-offs and retrenchments left, right and centre!Employee Relations workers face great difficulty to help manage this, which puts us under immense stress and pressure! That is what my page is all about - helping you manage your ER struggles and starting the conversation of why Employers are pressured to make up for a corrupt and down right incompetent Government.