Where does state of disaster leave employers?
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The question on most employers minds after the National State of Disaster was lifted after two long years by the president on Monday evening is what’s next?
As the government races to devise new measures for managing the coronavirus pandemic in order to lift the national state of disaster, health minister Joe Phaahla has released a slew of proposed changes to current health regulations, some of which have left experts baffled.
At the same time, labour & employment minister Thulas Nxesi published a new code of conduct for managing Covid-19 in the workplace, reaffirming employers’ rights to introduce vaccine mandates and tightening the grounds on which employees may refuse to get jabbed.
The flurry of directions, codes and regulations dealing with the various aspects of the pandemic where there is no State of Disaster create a complex landscape of rules and regulations for employers to navigate.
And one has to ask whether any of the lessons on how to deal effectively with the pandemic were learned in the ensuing health regalations which have been widely criticised.
Joining Michael Avery on this discussion is Nerine Khan, former Commissioner and director in the CCMA and founder of Employment Relations Exchange; Connie Mulder, Head: Solidarity Research Institute (SRI) and Professor Alex van den Heever, chair in the field of Social Security Systems Administration and Management Studies at the Wit's School of Governance
As the government races to devise new measures for managing the coronavirus pandemic in order to lift the national state of disaster, health minister Joe Phaahla has released a slew of proposed changes to current health regulations, some of which have left experts baffled.
At the same time, labour & employment minister Thulas Nxesi published a new code of conduct for managing Covid-19 in the workplace, reaffirming employers’ rights to introduce vaccine mandates and tightening the grounds on which employees may refuse to get jabbed.
The flurry of directions, codes and regulations dealing with the various aspects of the pandemic where there is no State of Disaster create a complex landscape of rules and regulations for employers to navigate.
And one has to ask whether any of the lessons on how to deal effectively with the pandemic were learned in the ensuing health regalations which have been widely criticised.
Joining Michael Avery on this discussion is Nerine Khan, former Commissioner and director in the CCMA and founder of Employment Relations Exchange; Connie Mulder, Head: Solidarity Research Institute (SRI) and Professor Alex van den Heever, chair in the field of Social Security Systems Administration and Management Studies at the Wit's School of Governance
