LETTER: SMEs should circumvent labour legislation and wage sector agreements
To read about job losses happening due to ridiculous red tape during these times of low economic growth and high unemployment is infuriating
I was dismayed and enraged to read about the demise of the Douglas Built cabinetry and furniture small business in “Little Shop of Horrors” (February 27 2020) (https://www.businesslive.co.za/fm/features/2020-02-27-little-shop-of-horrors/). To read about job losses happening due to ridiculous red tape during these times of low economic growth and high unemployment is infuriating.
Given that we’re unlikely to see any radical policy reform to roll back this kind of insanity, I’m inclined to agree with the labour lawyer quoted in the article, Michael Bagraim, when he says small firms must “get creative … duck and dive” to obviate the red tape that stifles and suffocates them...
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