Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act No. 57 of 2002)NoticesCOVID-19 Temporary Employee/Employer Relief Scheme (C19 TERS) Direction, 20213. Reduced work time benefits |
| 3.1 | Subject to the availability of sufficient credits, contributors whose employers do not operate in the sectors set out in Annexure A and whose employers are unable to make use of their services either fully or partially as a result of compliance with the Regulations made in terms of section 27(2) of the Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act No. 57 of 2002) or directions made under regulation 4(10) of those Regulations, shall be entitled to a reduced work time benefit in accordance with section 12(1B) of the UI Act. |
| 3.2 | Nothwithstanding anything to the contrary in section 12(1B) of the UI Act but subject to clause 3.3, the amount of the reduced work time benefit shall not be calculated with reference to the benefit level as contemplated in section 12(16), but by utilising the IRR and sliding scale as provided for in the UI Act. |
| 3.3 | The employer shall be entitled to supplement the reduced time benefit amount received from the Fund; provided that the reduced time benefit amount, as calculated in terms of clause 3.2 as well as any remuneration received by the employer for work performed by the contributor in any period shall not exceed 100% of the remuneration that the contributor would ordinarily have received for working during that period, provided that such supplement amount is disclosed upfront in the benefit application. |