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Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act No. 57 of 2002)

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COVID-19 Temporary Employee/Employer Relief Scheme (C19 TERS) Direction, 2021

4. Application for benefits

 

4.1 An employer or employee contemplated in clause 2 and of this Directive may apply for the benefits contained in this Direction as provided under clause 5 of the Directive and in terms of any additional procedural prescripts that may be required by the UIF.

 

4.2 In order to prove that it is unable to make alternative arrangements for vulnerable employees to work from home or take the other measures contemplated in clause 20.3 of the OHS Direction, an employer that employs—
4.2.1 fifty or more employees, must provide a report from a certified occupational health and safety officer that the employees are not able to be reasonably accommodated setting out the reasons in full;
4.2.2 less than 50 employees, must, in the absence of a report contemplated in paragraph 3.3.1, provide an affidavit deposed to by the owner or senior manager setting out the reasons in full as to why the employees are not able to be reasonably accommodated.

 

4.3 In order to prove that an employee in quarantine or isolation are entitled to the benefit, the employer and the employee must each submit an affidavit attested to, in the case of the employer, by the owner or senior manager, and in the case of the employee, the employee, stating that the employee had a high-risk contact and attaching such supporting documents as may be prescribed by the Fund.