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LOCKDOWN

Companies are entitled to enforce the no-work-no-pay principle during lockdown

Employers who are applying the no-work-no-pay principle need to inform their employees about the financial state of the company and its reasoning behind the decision. Companies have not only had to struggle to keep their doors open after…

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR

There is some relief from the national minimum wage for employers

Employers who feel they cannot afford to pay their workers the national minimum wage should not simply sit back and pay what they can afford, advises Jetro Malapane, executive committee member of the South African Payroll Association.…

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR

Misrepresenting your business to obtain minimum wage exemption could land you in jail

The National Minimum Wage Act came into effect on January 1 2019. While the Department of Labour has issued exemptions to the Act, it reported that it had only received 26 applications for the exemption. By the end of January, one…

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