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 Labour will communicate to all employers on the opening of the online portal for the COVID-19 TERS claim for iteration 2 (1 January 2021 to 15 March 2021).
The new direction covers the following sectors and business activities:
• Tourism and hospitality;
• Arts, entertainment and recreation sector;
• Liquor sector;
• Service providers who place employees into the above-affected sectors: cleaning services/maintenance & security.
Kindly contact your nearest SEESA office to get the full and in-depth sectors and business activities that will be eligible to claim under the TERS extension and more importantly the specifications around these claims.
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