Employers and employees can consult to establish alternatives to keep on continuing their employment relationship. One of these alternatives can be to place employees on short time or reduced working hours. This entails that employees work on specific days and only receive payment for the days they work. Another option to consider can be lay-offs. Lay-offs entail that employees are required to stay at home for a specific period without receiving their monthly income. This period can differ...

Yes, the employee has the right to refuse to report for work in terms of clause 48 of the Direction issued on 4 June 2020 by the Minister of Employment and Labour, T.W Nxesi. The directive stipulates that “…an employee may refuse to perform any work if circumstances arise which with reasonable justification appear to that employee or to a health and safety representative to pose an imminent and serious risk of their exposure to Covid-19.” There are reasonable grounds for the employee to...

 They will be instructed not to report for work. If an employee does not pass the initial screening, they must be taken to a separate screening area where a further for COVID-19 signs and symptoms needs to be done. If the person is already at the workplace, isolate them immediately and provide them with an FFP1 surgical mask and arrange for the worker to be transported in a manner that does not place other workers or members of the public at risk either to be self- isolated or for a...