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EASY – AID GUIDE FOR EMPLOYERS FOR UIF BENEFITS
The Minister of Employment and Labour has announced measures that the Department will put in place to contain the spread of the Corona virus (COVID-19) and its impact on UIF contributors. The Unemployment Insurance Fund will compensate affected workers through its existing the Illness and Reduced Work Time benefits.…...
Managing employee absenteeism in the face of Corona virus (Covid-19)
Credit for this post goes to Ms Myrna Sachs - Head of Alexander Forbes Health Management Solutions. Employers need to make sure company policies on absenteeism in the workplace are in place and updated. They should consider how to identify persons who may be at risk, and support them, without…...
New National Minimum Wage Effective 1 March 2020
The minister of labour has gazetted South Africa’s new minimum wage which will take effect from 1 March 2020. The gazette states that the new national minimum wage is R20.76 – an increase of 3.8%. As with the original minimum wage introduced on 1 January 2019, the gazette also outlines…...
Parental Leave: Detailed Explanation
In December 2019 President Ramaphosa confirmed the effective date for Parental Leave to be the 1st of January 2020. This means employees may apply for Parental Leave and claim UIF. What does this mean practically for employers and employees? Parents that do not qualify for maternity leave or adoptive leave,…...
All you need to know about SA’s improved UIF benefits
January 2017, former President Jacob Zuma assented to the Unemployment Insurance Amendment Act of 2016, and on 23 November 2018, President Cyril Ramaphosa signed into law the Labour Laws Amendment Act of 2018, paving the way for the implementation of the Unemployment Insurance Amendment Act from January 2019. The act…...
Labour department engages agriculture sector
The Department of Labour is set to engage farmworkers, farmers and labour tenants to assess the working conditions and level of compliance with various pieces of labour legislations. "Whilst there are many model compliant employers in the agricultural sector, unfortunately, there are still too many cases of non-compliance and near…...
Parental leave benefits amended for employees
Under the Basic Condition of Employment Act (BCEA), employees who wish to access the revised parental leave benefits of 10 days per annum are now able to do so with full rights. This revised benefits, published on 23 December 2019 in Gazette 42925, came into effect on 1 January 2020.…...
Importance of justifying fixed-term employment
Does the termination of an employee's fixed-term contract of employment, where such employee earns below the earnings threshold and is employed to perform work of a permanent nature, amount to an unfair dismissal? Section 198B of the Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995 (LRA) provides that fixed-term employees earning less…...
Parental Leave Notice
In November 2018 President Ramaphosa signed a new type of leave, Parental Leave, into law. It has not become effective as President Ramaphosa did not announce a date. The reason is during a period of parental leave, parents who are contributing to UIF are entitled to claim from UIF according…...