Direction providing COVID-19 TERS benefits for certain categories of Employees

In this Direction, unless the context otherwise indicates—

"COVID-19"

means the 2019 coronavirus (SARS-COV2/COVID-19);

"Directive"

means the Directives issued by the Minister of Employment and Labour on 26 March 2020 GG 43161 as amended on 6 April 2020 and 16 April 2020 and corrected on 20 April 2020 and as amended on 26 May 2020 and as issued on 11 August 2020; and as issued 04 September 2020; and as issued on 04 April 2021;

"Regulation"

means the Regulation issued by the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs under regulation gazette No 11217 vol 666 of 29 December 2020, and any other thereafter, published in terms of section 27(2) of the Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act No. 57 of 2002) pursuant to the declaration of a national disaster dated 15 March 2020 in terms of section 3 of that Act;

"remuneration"

bears the same meaning as the definition of the term in the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 1997 (Act No. 75 of 1997) read with section 35(5) of that Act and the Schedule to Government Notice 69, GG 24889 of 23 May 2003;

"sliding scale"

means the sliding scale contained in the UI Act in accordance with which benefits are calculated in terms of the UI Act;

"UI Act"

means the Unemployment Insurance Act, 2001 (Act No.63 of 2001)

"vulnerable employee"

means an employee—

Annexure A or "Annexure B means a list of sectors mentioned therein and as the Minister may prescribe in terms of the Directive from time to time.