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C19 TERS: Temporary Employee / Employer Relief Scheme: Updated information as at 31 March 2020
Step 1: Key Documents required Letter of Authority, on an official company letterhead granting permission to an individual specified to lodge a claim on behalf of the company MOA (completion of the agreement between UIF, Bargaining Council and Employer) ; only...
MEIBC MOA TERS AGREEMENT
Resulting from the declaration of a National Disaster and the subsequent prescribed lockdown period of 21 days, Companies who are not essential services, have been forced to shut down and their employees forced to take a leave of absence in order to abide by the...
HOW TO APPLY FOR EXEMPTION FROM LOCKDOWN
The details below have been adapted from information provided by dependable sources from the Dti. Essential Service Companies The FINAL LOCKDOWN REGULATIONS which categorizes essential services and goods (check annexure B page 10), on the understanding of essential...
UIF documents for Reduced working time, Illness and Death Claims
UPDATED UIF DOCUMENTS The Unemployment Insurance Fund will compensate affected workers through its existing the Illness and Reduced Work Time benefits. The UIF EASY-AID GUIDE outlines Reduced working time, Illness claims, Death benefits, which forms to use and the...
A safe working environment and COVID-19
COVID-19 coronavirus continues to create a stir in the world and now as it hits South African shores, how do employers deal with the potential threat of contagion in the workplace? The International Labour Organisation states clearly that the responsibility of the...
Dip In Fourth-Quarter Growth “Deeply Disappointing”, Says SEIFSA
Johannesburg, 3 March 2020 – The consecutive dip in the real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) during the fourth quarter of 2019, which sent the economy into a recession, was deeply disappointing, Steel and Engineering Industries Federation (SEIFSA) Chief Economist Michael...
South Africa’s progressive Constitution in action
UIF Alignes to BCEA Some of the amendments to the Basic Conditions of Employment Act which pertain to the taking of leave, came into effective as at the 1st of January in line with President Cyril Ramaphosa’s confirmation in December of 2019. After a long wait for the...
3 tax-related bills you need to know about
Proposed Employment Tax Incentive amendments On Tuesday 26th of November 2019, three tax-related bills were tabled by the Minister of Finance in the National Assembly and are now awaiting the approval of by the relevant parties’ approval for final promulgation by the...
Dissention over the mandatory grant 20% payments
The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) issued a circular on 17th of January this year, 2020, which communicated to all SETA CEO’s, their position regarding the Labour Court Ruling which set aside the illegal reduction of the mandatory grant payment...
Workplace Skills Plan and Annual Training Reports
No sooner have HR, payroll and Financial departments of designated employers finished with the submissions of their annual Employment Equity report, is it time to turn our attention to Workplace Skills Plans for and Annual Training Report submissions to the SETA’s. As...