Tag: Lay-Off

Good Evening. It is now day 13 of the Lockdown and the Department of Employment and Labour have finally published the updates to the Directive relating to the COVID-19 Temporary Employee / Employer Relief Scheme. We have already compiled a useful combined version which incorporates the latest amendments along with a handy reference to the…

We are now fully in the swing of things and government has issued some additional revisions along with some relaxations to the existing regulations. As there are now fully four (4) separate documents that make up the DMA Regulations for the Lockdown, I have combined all of the amendments into a simpler and easier to…

As Government has now had some time to refine and optimize its responses to the COVID-19 Disaster, some minor updates are in order following our earlier communications in this regard. Yesterday, the Democratic Alliance hosted a special Labour Law Edition of their successful Coronacast series which can be viewed on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQRfY2PxdLg and is most illustrative.…

On this first day of the National Lockdown, further information has become known, however to simplify the understanding for our clients, I will be revisiting some of the earlier statments which I have made to date: Temporary Lay-Offs, Unpaid Leave or Paid Leave during the Lockdown: While responses from government in this regard has been…

The Speech by Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr Ebrahim Patel, includes a very important statement as relates to the Application that Business should make to be declared an Essential Service. It is noted that Businesses Must apply to be declared an Essential Service via a portal created for this person and available at http://www.bizportal.gov.za/…

This week and to a greater extent Today has been filled with uncertainty and a myriad of questions that none of us ever needed to answer before the President’s Speech. Chief among them were questions relating to whether or not your businesses would be deemed to be essential services. I have finally, received a copy…

As we approach the cut-off date for the Lockdown, we have been inundated with calls relating to strategy and steps to be taken going forward. While we still await a formal communication from Government as to the list of Essential Services to be applicable during the Lockdown, notes should be made of the following: The…

Following my earlier post in this regard, please be advised of the following information as relates to the planned Lockdown: At present, no formal information has been received as to the definition of what constitutes an Essential Service during the Lockdown, however it is noted that Mining is still engaged in talks. Rumours of a…

Following the announcement last night [23 March 2020 – Attached Hereto] by President Ramaphosa as relates to the Lockdown it has become clear that the impact on businesses will be far-reaching. It is necessary to find a balance between the economic interests of all the Citizens of South Africa and the Health and Safety of…