LETTER: Please, please, just reopen the economy
Avalanche of dismissals shows the prediction of up to 7-million people being retrenched will probably come to pass
During the lockdown I have been swamped by thousands of e-mails on a weekly basis and hundreds of WhatsApps complaining about the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) and its inefficiencies and the devastation caused by the halt in business activity.
I have also received more than 200 queries from different companies about the systems needed to dismiss employees for operational requirements (retrench). As of this week, I have already spoken to 20 employers who collectively want to dismiss more than 200 employees. This avalanche of dismissals shows how the prediction made by the Treasury last week of 3-million to 7-million being retrenched will probably come to pass...
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