Please note that the Return of Earnings submissions will open on 1 April and non-adherence to these submissions can lead to penalties. The SEESA UIF & COID department can assist your business with your annual COID & ROE submissions. For more information, contact us today! https://bit.ly/3lHw9fj
During these strange and difficult times with the worldwide pandemic, most business owners are trying to tighten the purse strings on the business as the pandemic has had a massive negative impact on all businesses across all industries. The last thing people want to hear is that they have to spend money to maintain or promote the BEE level of the business. Unfortunately, the BEE mechanism requires continuous attention not to be caught off-guard when financial year-end comes knocking. This is...
In terms of the Employment Equity Act, the testing of workplace personnel in order to determine the presence of alcohol or narcotics in their system is justifiable, if applicable, to the inherent nature and dangers of the job. Implementing a zero-tolerance policy in the workplace will put all employees on terms with regards to the admissibility of breathalyser/drug tests and observation reports. It serves to highlight that reporting under the influence and/or with alcohol and/or drugs in one's...
Scoring the total of 20 points on the Skills Development element under the Generic Scorecard for Codes of Good Practice has never been easier. As a consulting agency, SEESA will be able to address all your Skills Development needs. With SEESA BEE, together with Incuvest, we can make the Skills Development element quick, efficient and simple to contribute. With our assistance, we also take the administrative burden of Skills Development away. The requirements of the Skills Development Element,...
An injury on duty claim must be submitted within seven days from the date of the accident, and the employee must visit a doctor within 48 hours from the date of the accident. If the claim isn't loaded within seven days, a late report claim will have to be completed and submitted. Compensation can be claimed for an injury at work or disease contracted at work. The employees who are eligible to claim are both permanent and casual employees and includes trainees and workers paid by a labour...
Transfer of a business “as a going concern” is not the same as only selling shares or assets of the business, but it rather refers that the transferred company continues to run ordinarily as it did in the hands of the purchaser. The previous owner will no longer conduct this business and carries it over to the new owner. Section 197 of the Labour Relations Act regulates the transfer of a business as a going concern from the old employer to the new employer as well as the rights of the...
Mental health awareness in the workplace has invariably surged since the start of the global COVID-19 pandemic. Recent statistics have uncovered that, in South Africa, only about twenty-five percent of the people with a diagnosable mental disorder currently receive treatment. A combination of the ongoing stigma attached to mental illness and the severe shortage of funding in the public health sector means that countless employees suffer from an array of untreated disorders, such as depression,...
The past couple of weeks, most people were overwhelmed with messages from friends and colleagues to delete WhatsApp or to install a different rival application like Telegram or Signal. The concern sparked from a change to WhatsApp’s privacy policy to which users must agree in order to use the application. The update in the policy was set to take place in February 2021 has been delayed to May 2021 due to the widespread confusion and misinformation. WhatsApp indicated the reason being that it...
The Department of Labour made the below announcement on their TERS website on the conditions of the extension and specifications around which sectors are eligible to apply under the TERS extension. Following the President’s announcement that the COVID-19 TERS will be extended to 15 March 2021for certain sectors that have not been able to operate and employees that remain affected by regulatory restrictions, the social partners at NEDLAC have worked to finalize the details. The Department of...
Employers are often faced with situations where employees are absent from the workplace for long periods. It is important to follow a proper procedure to deal with these situations. Here are some tips on what you need to know when dealing with the desertion of employees: There is a duty on an employer to contact an employee who does not report for duty to establish his/her whereabouts. This should be done from the first day of absence. Employers should keep a record of all the attempts made...