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Afternoon roundup of labour news on Tuesday, 28 July 2020
In our afternoon roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that appeared thus far on Tuesday, 28 July 2020. Source: Latest News
SA lost 3,000 jobs in first quarter of 2020, but impact of lockdown not yet felt
Fin24 reports that Statistics SA announced on Tuesday in its latest Quarterly Employment Statistics (QES) bulletin that total employment in SA’s non-agricultural formal sector fell by 3,000 between December 2019 and March 2020. Source: Latest News
Business rescue practitioners announce that all conditions for SAA rescue plan have now been met
Fin24 reports that the business rescue practitioners (BRPs) of South African Airways (SAA) announced on Tuesday that all the conditions in the embattled airline’s business rescue plan have been fulfilled. Source: Latest News
Four North West health professionals die in the space of a week due to Covid-19
News24 reports that four North West healthcare professionals have died in the space of a week, according to the province’s health department. Source: Latest News
Nehawu announces ‘massive’ protest action in healthcare sector on 21 August over lack of PPE
EWN reports that the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) on Tuesday announced that it would be conducting massive protest action in the health sector. Source: Latest News
Analysts divided over Samwu’s insistence on implementation of 6.25% pay increase
The Citizen reports according to some analysts, it is unjustified and unfair for the SA Municipal Workers’ Unions (Samwu) to insist on the implementation of salary hikes when economic circumstances have changed because of the Covid-19 pandemic, but others disagree. Source: Latest News
Red flags over Durban’s massive Covid-19 overtime bill for metro police and security staff of nearly R100m a month
Mail & Guardian reports that massive overtime claims by eThekwini metro police and security staff during the Covid-19 lockdown are costing the city nearly R100-million a month. Source: Latest News
Security firms take labour minister to court to avoid bargaining council’s 95c/hour pay rise for guards
Sowetan reports that more than a dozen private security companies have taken Department of Employment and Labour (DEL) Minister Thulas Nxesi to court in a bid to avoid paying their employees a R0.95c per hour increase. Source: Latest News
Study shows that employers have opted for salary cuts rather than job cuts
TimesLIVE reports that when given the choice, most employers who have had to make tough financial decisions amid the coronavirus pandemic have chosen pay cuts over retrenchments. Source: Latest News