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320 Businesses Plan Layoffs

Monday, September 20, 2021 | 2810 Views |

Despite measures to mitigate job losses during the State of Emergency (SoE), the Ministry of Employment, Labour Productivity and Skills Development has received 320 retrenchment notifications from different businesses, leading to 204 workers being axed between April 2020 and July 2021.

Giving an update on his ministry’s SoE exit plans on Friday, labour minister Mpho Balopi said from the 320 businesses that notified the Commissioner of Labour about their plans to retrench, 20 were acceded to.

He said the retrenchments came as a result of businesses struggling to keep their normal operations going due to the restrictions adopted by the government to curb the spread of COVID-19.

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