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Lockdown labour regulations and the options to consider

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What should workers take into consideration when it comes to having to take leave during the lockdown period? Should they take temporary unemployment and apply for UIF or should they take forced leave? Refilwe Moloto speaks to Verlie Oosthuizen, employment law expert and partner at Shepstone and Wylie Attorneys.
2 Apr 2020 English South Africa Business · Business News

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