The body tasked with resolving labour disputes has been inundated with applications for the retrenchment of workers as the Covid-19 lockdown takes its toll on businesses.

Treasury has estimated that between 3-million and 7-million workers could lose their jobs, depending on the trajectory of the lockdown and the recovery of the economy...

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