Employment

EMPLOYMENT

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Claiming Compensation for Occupational Injuries or Diseases

Workers who are injured or contract a disease through their work are able to claim money from the Compensation Fund. Families can also claim if their breadwinner died through work related disease or injury. >

Claiming Unemployment Insurance

What is the Unemployment Insurance Fund? How does the Fund help employees? How much money can workers claim? Can you get an extension when you have used up your benefits? ... >

Domestic Workers and the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF)

As of April 2003, all domestic workers who work more than 24 hours a month need to be registered for UIF. This includes part-time and full time domestic workers. >

Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) Opportunities Portal

There is little accurate information on unemployed people in the Western Province. The Expanded Public Works Programmes (EPWP) Opportunities Portal aims to be a comprehensive provincial database of unemployed people and their skills. The portal, called Umsebenzi: helps job seekers find job opportunities, helps employers ... >

Maternity and Paternity Leave

Female employees have a right to four months maternity leave. This leave can start four weeks before the expected date of birth and the employee cannot be forced to go back to work for six weeks after the birth of the child. >

Reporting a Hazardous Workplace

The Occupational Health and Safety Act gives workers the right to a healthy and safe work environment. It tells management to set up safety representatives and safety committees in the workplace. It also regulates things like toilets, change rooms, first aid, drinking water, ... >

The content on this page was last updated on 27 November 2007

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