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Independent News reports that SA’s two biggest labour federations have added their voices to recommendations from a forum of directors-general (DGs) to move SA from lockdown level 3 to level 2. Source: Latest News
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Study finds remote working has led to improved productivity in nearly a third of organisations
TimesLIVE reports that a new study has shown that the shift to remote working has led to improved productivity in nearly a third (29%) of the organisations polled. Source: Latest News
Eskom Board to debate more speedy unbundling of power utility into three subsidiaries
BL Premium reports that Eskom CEO André de Ruyter hopes to revise his initial timetable for the unbundling of Eskom and accelerate the process of splitting the company into three parts. Source: Latest News
Union federations demand labour representation on new Railway Safety Regulator’s board
BusinessLive reports that trade union federations have called on Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula to review his decision to appoint a new board for the Railway Safety Regulator (RSR) without labour representation, despite a standing resolution to include them. Source: Latest News
Directive for extension of Ters benefit still to be published so applications for July and August can’t yet be made
BusinessLive reports that the application process for the extended Covid-19 relief scheme, which would allow workers to receive money for July and August, is still not open because the government has not yet published a directive on it. Source: Latest News
Afternoon roundup of labour news on Tuesday, 11 August 2020
In our afternoon roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that appeared thus far on Tuesday, 11 August 2020. Source: Latest News
Eskom debt reduction pact won’t include pledge to use state employees’ pensions
Bloomberg reports that a pact between government, trade unions and business to cut the debt of the stricken national power utility Eskom won’t include a pledge to use the pensions of state workers as had been initially proposed. Source: Latest News
Staff on edge at Port Elizabeth hotel as ‘stubborn’ Covid-19 patients refuse to stay in their rooms
HeraldLive reports that the five-star Radisson Blu hotel in Summerstrand in Port Elizabeth is being used as a Covid-19 quarantine site, but staff are not happy about it and claim that “stubborn patients refuse to stay in their rooms”. Source: Latest News
Twenty-nine new regional magistrates appointed across South Africa
Cape Argus reports that Justice nd Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola has, after consultation with the Magistrates’ Commission and with effect from 1 September, appointed 29 regional magistrates across the country. Source: Latest News
DA slates government over R11bn ‘wasted’ on state employees who weren’t working for four months during the lockdown
Independent News reports that the Democratic Alliance (DA) has condemned the R11 billion ’’wasted over the past four months on state employees who were not working’’. Source: Latest News