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Mental Health, TERS Relief and LEP Exemptions
Communication from KZNEIA Director, Kylie Griffin Good Day All, We sincerely hope the weekend was relaxing and rejuvenating, especially as Saturday 10 October was World Mental Health Day. As a matter of interest, click on this link to read an interesting article on...
11 IMPORTANT Tips for claiming UIF
While UIF is overwhelmed with claims and urgent pleas for assistance, there are some things that claimers can do, to be proactive in finding out the reason for the delay in payment. Your employment history and associated documentation is of utmost importance and if...
Short-time payment for factory closure due to COVID decontamination
Further to our IMPACT Session on Short-time, Lay-offs and Retrenchment, as the number of COVID-19 positive cases increases, it has become necessary to confirm the position related to the question: How do we pay staff for time off if we have to close the factory at...
Women’s month: Gender pay gaps (part 2)
It can be argued that Previously Disadvantaged individuals, which the Employment Equity Act strives to champion the cause of, includes not just African, Indian and Coloured employees, and the disabled sector of the community, but also pertains to underpaid women of...
Women’s month: Gender pay gaps (part 1)
August is Women’s month in South Africa, with 9th August specifically, commemorating the more than 20 000 women who, in 1956, marched in peaceful protest, to the Union buildings in Pretoria to petition against the use of an internal pass. The purpose of which was to...
UIF: A work in progress
Temporary Employee / Employer Relief is the name of the game in the country at the moment. Initially bandied around as one of the safeguards intended to ensure that South Africans and companies would be able to survive what was to become level 5 of lockdown, has...
LEVEL 3 HEALTH AND SAFETY DIRECTIVE INTRODUCES CHANGES
On 04 June 2020, the Minister of Employment and Labour published amendments, by way of a consolidated Direction on Health and Safety in the Workplace which sets out additional obligations in respect of the safe opening and continuing operation of a workplace. This...
UNEXPECTED UPTICK IN PMI FOR MAY 2020 IS REFRESHING, SAYS SEIFSA
Johannesburg, 1 June 2020 - A surprise uptick in overall business activity for May 2020, as captured by the headline Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), despite subdued economic activity from the lockdown, bodes well for companies in the manufacturing sector, the Steel...
CABINET TO STUDY JUDGEMENT ON ALERT LEVEL 4 & ALERT LEVEL 3 REGULATIONS
Government has taken note of the judgement delivered by the Gauteng Division of the High Court today, 2 June 2020, declaring the Alert Level 4 and Alert Level 3 Lockdown regulations unconstitutional and invalid. The court suspended the declaration of invalidity for a...
COVID-19: ALERT LEVEL 3 – WHAT EMPLOYERS SHOULD DO
The Alert Level 3 Regulations in terms of the Disaster Management Act were signed on 28 May 2020. Except for those businesses and institutions that are expressly excluded businesses may operate and employees may travel to and from work. Travel permits: Employers must...