It is incomprehensible that labour & employment minister Thulas Nxesi has promulgated a law entitling workers to claim from the Unemployment Insurance Fund’s (UIF’s) temporary employer/employee relief scheme (Ters) even if their employers did not register them or pay any contributions.
It is clear that the government has yet again given in to pressure from labour — what a bunch of wimps!..
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