Saturday Star reports that teachers and school staff with co-morbidities have won a major concession after the Education Labour Relations Council granted them permission to work from home ahead of the reopening of schools on Monday. Source: Latest News
Miningmx reports that SA’s mining sector had given itself about three months to return all foreign national employees to the country, beginning with a first batch of 9,500 – currently waiting on local government officials to sign their permits. Source: Latest News
BL Premium reports that a quarter of SA’s motor dealership employees may lose their jobs this year because of the impact of Covid-19. A major franchised dealer group confirmed at the weekend it was preparing retrenchment letters for 23% of its staff, including dealership heads. Source: Latest News
Engineering News reports that the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) and the SA Cabin Crew Association (Sacca) have jointly expressed support for the workers of financially embattled state-owned regional airline SA Express. Source: Latest News
BusinessLive reports that Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga announced on Sunday that about 95% of schools throughout the country were ready to receive grade 7 and 12 pupils from Monday. Source: Latest News
The Citizen reports that according to new research, two-thirds of jobs in the tourism business sector could be shed by this time next year as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Source: Latest News
Business Report writes that the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has interdicted the retrenchment process at Village Main Reef (VMR) to ensure its members are fairly compensated amid the company’s restructuring plans. Source: Latest News
BusinessLive reports that the business rescue practitioners (BRPs) for Comair intend to halve the airline’s fleet of aircraft and reduce staff as part of efforts to save the company. Source: Latest News
BusinessLive reports that public-sector unions have taken the government to court over its failure to implement a standing wage agreement, which would have seen the salaries of public servants increase in April. Source: Latest News
News24 reports that ahead of an anticipated deluge of coronavirus patients, the Western Cape government is advertising 5,272 posts for health workers, with 4,004 of them being for doctors and nurses. Source: Latest News
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