News
Risk Adjusted Strategy Regulations
30 April 2020
We’re pleased to be able to inform you that the Risk Adjusted Strategy Regulations published last night are more relaxed than the draft proposal originally contemplated, with “steel and other metals” manufacturing being permitted to scale up to 50% employment. Please use the link below to access the regulations:
COVID-19 OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY MEASURES IN WORKPLACES COVID-19 (C19 OHS), 2020
29 April 2020
Please see below important directives gazetted today, 29 April 2020 for your attention:
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY MEASURES IN WORKPLACES
Webinar: Implementing Short-Time, Lay-Offs and Retrenchments - 30 April 2020
28 April 2020
The metal and engineering industry is now under more pressure than ever before, following the COVID-19 pandemic and consequent lockdown. Coupled with collective bargaining arrangements that have led to unsustainably high labour costs, this means that short-time, lay-offs and even retrenchments may need to be considered as means of survival.
Legislation regulating these processes requires that specific procedures be adhered to. These legal requirements can often prove daunting to employers, particularly those who have never implemented short-time, lay-offs or retrenchments before or who have not had to for some time.
The South African Engineers’ and Founders’ Association, in association with Gordon Angus and Associates is running a 2-hour webinar to guide employers through the legislative requirements of the Labour Relations Act and other applicable laws.
Please see below for details:
Guidelines on amendments of regulations
27 April 2020
Please see below important information relating to the amendments to regulations. It is our intention to update this document regularly as amendments and regulations are gazetted. Our sincerest thanks to Fiona Leppan, Director in the Employment practice at Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr Inc. and her team for their hard work in preparing the guidelines.