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Fin24 reports that Sasol has announced a range of salary cuts across its management levels as the company navigates the impact of Covid-19. Source: Latest News
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SAA Technical wants workers to ‘sacrifice’ half their wages
Moneyweb reports that SAA Technical has informed workers that the travel bans and the nationwide lockdown have left the aircraft maintenance entity’s finances in dire straits, with just enough to pay only 50% of some employee net salaries and full medical and pension contributions. Source: Latest News
Denosa claims five health workers at Addington Hospital in Durban 'tested positive' for Covid-19
TimesLIVE reports that the Democratic Nursing Union of SA (Denosa) claimed on Thursday that five health workers at Durban’s Addington Hospital have tested positive for Covid-19. Source: Latest News
Public service unions preparing for ‘mother of all fights’ over salary increases
Financial Mail reports that public sector trade unions are preparing for “the mother of all fights” after the government last week reneged on the final leg of its 2018 wage agreement. Source: Latest News
Restaurant industry on its knees and its workers are starving due to lockdown
Financial Mail reports that Wendy Alberts, head of the Restaurant Association of SA (RASA), says hundreds of thousands of restaurant workers are starving as they haven’t earned any money during the national lockdown in which restaurants are not allowed to be open. Source: Latest News
Amcu’s court application for regulations regulating health and safety of employees returning to mines to be heard on 29 April
TimesLIVE reports that a legal challenge by the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) to force the government to regulate the health and safety of employees returning to mines will be heard urgently by the Labour Court on 29 April. Source: Latest News
Labour inspectors find that many employers not adhering to lockdown health and safety regulations
BusinessLive reports that Department of Employment and Labour (DEL) inspectors have uncovered a high level of noncompliance by employers with the health and safety regulations related to Covid-19. Source: Latest News
Afternoon roundup of labour news on Wednesday, 22 April 2020
In our afternoon roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that appeared thus far on Wednesday, 22 April 2020. Source: Latest News
Denosa warns government against redeployment of state health workers
EWN reports that the Democratic Nursing Organisation of SA (Denosa) has warned that the new regulations giving government powers to redeploy health workers would leave many state health facilities in distress. Source: Latest News
KAP Industrial cuts salaries by 20% for three months due to Covid-19
BusinessLive reports that KAP Industrial, which has automotive, chemicals and logistics businesses, has cut the salaries of some of its employees by 20% for three months to shore up finances during the Covid-19 pandemic. Source: Latest News