Podcast

Episode 42. How To Compile Your Employment Equity Committee To Comply With The Department Of Labour

Episode 42. How To Compile Your Employment Equity Committee To Comply With The Department Of Labour

SEESA Skills Training Facilitators, Taryn Leask and Damien Doravaloo discuss the common misconceptions regarding the criteria for your Employment Equity Committee, and how to ensure that this process can be managed easily for your business to comply with the Department of Labour. They also touch on the requirements one should discuss during these committee meetings and the number of meetings that need to take place during that reporting year. Click play to listen! Interested in having your own...

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Episode 41: How To Implement Planned Training After Your Annual Training Report/Workplace Skills Plan Submission?

Episode 41: How To Implement Planned Training After Your Annual Training Report/Workplace Skills Plan Submission?

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a great deal of confusion and uncertainty in many workplaces across South Africa. Businesses are struggling to implement training due to lockdown and are uncertain what the implications will be on their annual Workplace Skills Plan submission. In this podcast, Skills Development Facilitators, Natasha Seris and Iain Peterkin discuss the many solutions employers have at their disposal and the way SEESA has implemented interactive online learning to provide viable...

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Episode 40: Cancellations During COVID-19: What Does The Consumer Protection Act Say?

Episode 40: Cancellations During COVID-19: What Does The Consumer Protection Act Say?

Due to the uncertainty around COVID-19, businesses and consumers have been put under a lot of pressure, especially when it comes to the postponement or cancellation of bookings. In today's episode, SEESA CP & POPI legal advisors, Melindi Dean and Melinda van der Merwe discuss unplanned cancellations with regard to Section 17 of the Consumer Protection Act.  Click play to listen to our podcast! Should you require further assistance or consumer-related advice, please contact...

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Episode 39. Tourism – The Scope and Requirements for a BEE Certificate

Episode 39. Tourism – The Scope and Requirements for a BEE Certificate

Tourism Minister, Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane announced on the 8th of May 2020 that further measures will be taken to accelerate transformation and B-BBEE in the tourism sector. In today's episode, BEE Legal Advisors, Marco Du Preez and Shane Buys discuss the tourism sector codes and the measures businesses should take to comply with the codes. Click play to listen to our podcast! Contact your SEESA BEE Advisor to assist your business with the tourism sector codes or any BEE related queries you...

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Episode 38: The Union’s Right to Access the Workplace During Lockdown

Episode 38: The Union’s Right to Access the Workplace During Lockdown

The COVID-19 lockdown has brought about much uncertainty in the workplace. SEESA Labour law experts, Kerry-Ann ten Hoorn Boer and Carla Meiring guide employers on how to manage the Union's right to access the workplace, in terms of Section 12 of the Labour Relations Act, to represent their members during this time. Click play to listen to our podcast! Should you have questions regarding union members at the workplace or any other labour related questions, contact your SEESA office. #TeamSEESA...

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Episode 37. Complying With Employment Equity Regulations During Lockdown

Episode 37. Complying With Employment Equity Regulations During Lockdown

In today’s podcast, Skills Development Facilitators, Schalk Kotze and Rulanda Potgieter discuss the steps and procedures that businesses should follow to properly prepare for the Employment Equity submissions and the impact lockdown might have thereon. Click play to listen to our podcast! Contact your SEESA Skills Development Facilitator to assist your business with its Employment Equity submission alternatively,  leave your details on our website. #TeamSEESA #SkillsTraining

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Episode 36. Plain Language – The Consumer Protection Act’s Perspective

Episode 36. Plain Language – The Consumer Protection Act’s Perspective

SEESA CP & POPI Legal Advisors, Louwrens Bakker and Nelly Nyembe, discuss Section 22 of the Consumer Protection Act which requires information to be in plain, understandable language. Click play to listen to our podcast! Contact your nearest SEESA office to assist you with your documentation or any CP/POPI related queries. #SEESA #ConsumerProtection

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Episode 35. Transport – The scope and requirements for a BEE certificate

Episode 35. Transport – The scope and requirements for a BEE certificate

In today's episode, SEESA BEE Legal Advisors, Bernard Immink and Katleho Mini discuss the Transport Sector Codes, focusing on the sub-sector Road Freight and how to comply with the BEE requirements. Click play to listen to our podcast! Should you require additional information regarding the Transport Sector Codes, please contact your SEESA BEE Advisor. #SEESA #BEE

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Episode 34. Retrenchment During and After the COVID-19 Lockdown

Episode 34. Retrenchment During and After the COVID-19 Lockdown

The COVID-19 pandemic and national lockdown have resulted in many companies facing financial loss not being able to operate their business and generating an income as usual. With this in mind, employers may have no alternative but to consider reducing their staff count. In this episode, SEESA Legal Advisors, Werner van Vuren and Frans Kriek explain the procedures that employers should follow when reducing staff during or after lockdown to ensure that the retrenchments are procedurally and...

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