Channel Chat – (COVID-19): NEW EMPLOYER RESPONSIBILITIES FOR COVID-19 AT THE WORKPLACE: 29 APRIL 2020

The 29th of April 2020 the Department of Employment and Labour issued a directive for (COVID-19) Health and Safety measures, which will apply for the entire State of Disaster. (Business with less than 10 (Ten) employees: refer to the end of this article) WORKERS AND EMPLOYEES    The directive refers to “workers”, rather than “employees”: Employers are…

Channel Chat – (COVID-19) PUBLIC TRANSPORT GAZETTE (AMENDED)

Please peruse the Public Transport Gazette which pertains to minibusses, midi- busses + vehicles (which many of us have experienced as problematic since the implementation of the ‘lockdown period‘, due to the then initial restrictions imposed) with reference to the transportation of essential services personnel. Special reference is hereby made to: Extract_      

Channel Chat – (COVID-19) UIF NATIONAL DISASTER BENEFIT CLAIM PROCESS

Please refer to the below extract from the UIF National Disaster Benefit Claim Process. Again, the criteria to claim the Disaster Benefit are as follows: If (COVID-19) ill: Apply for sick leave, once sick leave is depleted, Apply for normal leave, once depleted, Unpaid leave will apply, and the individual needs to apply for the…

Channel Chat – IMPORTANT Coronavirus (COVID-19) – TEMPORARY CONTRACT ASSIGNEES (AVAILABLE)

Should you require any Temporary and or Contact Employees (Assignees) during the ‘(COVID-19) period’, be it to infill absent employees of yourself, or that of any other TES (Temporary Employment Services) company (‘labour broker’) please do not hesitate count on us to be of assistance. During this period, we are upping our infill rates in…

Channel Chat – IMPORTANT Coronavirus (COVID-19) – FINAL LOCKDOWN (GOVERNMENT NOTICE)

Please see Final lockdown regulations (which we, incl. our Legal Counsel just received, after this afternoons’ public announcement of Government) document for your perusal + action: Please refer to the below extracts of the attached which are important:   MOVEMENT OF PERSONS AND GOODS: PUBLIC TRANSPORT: ESSENTIAL SERVICES: PERMIT (AUTHORISED TEMPLATE) TO PERFORM ESSENTIAL SERVICES:…