Business and labour have accused the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) of backtracking in talks over extending Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme (Ters) wage protection to cover the current lockdown.

This comes little more than a week after what was initially described as positive discussions to restart the scheme to provide a softer landing for workers affected by the extended level 3 lockdown restrictions...

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