Several labour centres shut after employees test positive for Covid-19
Move over four sites in Western Cape and Gauteng could further delay the payment of relief funds
21 June 2020 - 18:39
The department of employment & labour, which administers the Covid-19 relief funds, has had to shut several offices across SA after its employees tested positive for the coronavirus.
This could inadvertently lead to further delays in the processing of applications for the Covid-19 Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme (Ters), administered by the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF). Since April, the UIF has paid more than R23bn to 3,663,932 workers represented by 322,422 employers...
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