State-owned companies cannot disqualify prospective suppliers who are not majority black-owned without first considering the price and proposition of the tender, the Supreme Court of Appeal ruled on 02 November 2020. Preferential Procurement regulations allow organs of state to disqualify tenders in advance, simply because a company was not 51 (Fifty-one) % black-owned, for example.…
DetailsRETRENCHMENTS: IT IS IN THE “BEST INTERESTS OF SOCIETY THAT AN EMPLOYER REMAINS ECONOMICALLY VIABLE” Employers do not have free rein to retrench employees who refuse alternative terms and conditions of employment. Only where there is a genuine operational requirement for the retrenchment will such retrenchment not be automatically unfair. Yesterday the Constitutional Court ruled…
DetailsLAUNCH OF (FUNCTIONAL) OUTSOURCED PAYROLL FUNCTION It gives us great pleasure to launch, effective 02 November 2020, the above-mentioned Product- Service offering within SA. (OUR) PAYROLL SERVICE INCLUDE: Calculation of EMP201 Calculation of EMP501 Submission of Bank file and payment of funds Submission of Audit File per payroll Payslips printed and distributed (as selected) to…
DetailsTERS APPLICATIONS FOR AUGUST 2020- SEPTEMBER 2020 ARE OPEN TERS applications for the period of 16 August 2020 to 15 September 2020 are open: https://uifecc.labour.gov.za/covid19/ This period’s benefit is limited to employees of employers: Are not permitted to operate either fully or partially operate due to lockdown regulations; and or Cannot implement special measures for vulnerable…
DetailsAdditional (COVID-19) obligations on employers have been issued by the Employment and Labour Minister. These all become effective on 21 October 2020. REFUSAL TO WORK DUE TO EXPOSURE TO (COVID-19) An employee can refuse to work if, with reasonable justification, he or she, or a health and safety representative believes there is an imminent and…
DetailsNATIONAL STRIKE: 07 OCTOBER 2020 A strike protesting harsh socio-economic conditions, high levels of poverty, crime, corruption and unemployment currently being experienced in South Africa is to take place nationally next week. Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has followed the requirements for the strike through Nedlac and in compliance with the Labour Relations…
DetailsThe TERS (Temporary Employee- Employer Relief Scheme) benefit has been extended to September 15, 2020 the Department of Employment and Labour announced. Deadline to claim for August 2020 – 15 September 2020: 30 October 2020. Deadline to claim for March 2020 – July 2020: 15 September 2020 The beneficiaries are unchanged from the previous Directive…
DetailsThe following refers: The Metal Industry Wage increases for 2020-2021: = 0%. All existing Main Agreement Terms and Conditions of employment, including the current wage rates will remain unchanged until 30 June 2021. Employers organisations and the 5 (Five) biggest unions concluded a stand-still agreement last week.
DetailsAn employer, or employee, may claim TERS benefits for the extension period starting from 1 July 2020 until 15 August 2020. The new directives cover the following categories of employees whose employers are: Not permitted to operate under the Disaster Management Regulations: Where a business has, because of the lockdown regulations, been unable to operate,…
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