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The Star reports that school management teams stayed at home on Monday after the Department of Basic Education failed to deliver on measures to ensure the protection of teachers’ health in time. Source: Latest News
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Covid-19 lockdown could give private schools a caning
Business Times reports that AdvTech, one of the biggest private education groups in SA with brands such as CrawfordSchools and Trinityhouse, says it is feeling the effects of the fallout from the Covid-19 lockdown. Source: Latest News
Stats SA reinventing itself under lockdown with online surveys, showing how technology will be at centre front beyond Covid-19
BusinessLive reports that Statistics SA is making use of online surveys during the Covid-19 lockdown in a bid to continue generating the data needed by the government. Source: Latest News
Tough business workout ahead for gym owners and fitness professionals
Business Times reports that gym owners and other fitness professionals, who are likely to be able to operate normally again under level 1 lockdown regulations, have increasingly moved their businesses online to stay afloat. Source: Latest News
Roundup on Monday, 11 May 2020 of weekend labour reports
In our roundup of weekend news, see summaries of our selection of South African labour-related stories that appeared since Friday, 8 May 2020. Source: Latest News
‘We need level 2, fast’, Business for SA tells government
Business Times reports that SA’s new private-sector umbrella group formed to fight Covid-19 has been in daily talks with the government over reopening the economy and is urging it to move quickly to lockdown level 2. Source: Latest News
Plight of workers at famous Joburg restaurant gets worse as wages for March are unpaid
SowetanLive reports that employees of a famous Italian restaurant in Maboneng are fuming after their employer failed to pay their March salary and is now allegedly ignoring their calls. Source: Latest News
Companies accused by Nxesi of withholding UIF payments to employees
SowetanLive reports that biscuit manufacturer Unibisco is the first company to be exposed as having allegedly failed to disburse money claimed from the Unemployment Insurance Fund’s Covid-19 Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme (Ters) to its employees. Source: Latest News
Oppenheimer family helps to prevent collapse of horse racing industry
BL Premium reports that SA’s largest horse racing group, Phumelela Gaming & Leisure, is to receive a cash injection from the Oppenheimer family. Source: Latest News
SAA business rescue practitioners to appeal judgment stopping retrenchments
BL Premium reports that the business rescue practitioners (BRPs) of SA Airways (SAA) are to appeal Friday’s judgment in which the Labour Court set aside retrenchment notices issued to employees on the grounds that these were procedurally unfair. Source: Latest News