LETTER: Save UIF for those on unpaid leave
The decision to extend the temporary employer/employee relief scheme to workers on paid time-off is not prudent
The recent decision by the employment & labour minister to extend the temporary employer/employee relief scheme (Ters) benefit to employees who have been placed on annual leave during the lockdown is difficult to comprehend.
Employers are expressly permitted by the Basic Conditions of Employment Act to place employees on annual leave if there is no agreement on when such leave should be taken. Such annual leave is, of course, fully remunerated and the use of those leave days guarantees employees at least a portion of their normal salaries during the lockdown period. Other employees have not been so lucky and have been placed on unpaid leave...
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