Companies forced workers to take paid and unpaid leave during lockdown, analysis shows
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An analysis of 75 large companies shows that they have mostly forced workers to take paid and unpaid leave through the Covid-19 lockdown, even though the government had asked employers not to do this as it shifts the economic burden of the crisis on to workers.
An analysis of 75 large companies shows that they have mostly forced workers to take paid and unpaid leave through the Covid-19 lockdown, even though the government had asked employers not to do this as it shifts the economic burden of the crisis on to workers.
The University of Johannesburg’s Centre for Social Change and the Casual Workers Advice Office co-produced a research report on how employers were responding to the current conditions of the lockdown, which they released on Thursday.
Of the 75 large to small-to-medium enterprises surveyed in the research, 35 remain operational through the lockdown, while 40 have ceased to operate through the period.,
Source: iol.co.za
