The Minster of Employment and Labour has extended the TERS benefit from 16 March 2021 to 25 July 2021. Please click here to view the new Direction.
Currently no new CVS template has been made available by the Fund for this application period and it is unclear whether a new template will be made available.
Once more information in this regard is made available, it will be communicated.
Please note: For the below, remuneration means remuneration as defined in the BCEA (Basic Conditions of Employment Act) read with Government Gazette 24889. “Remuneration” is defined in the BCEA as any payment in money or in kind, or both in money and in kind, made or owing to any person in return for that person working for any other person.
Summary of the new TERS rules(only new rules summarized below) | |
Who may claim? |
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The TERS benefit amount |
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The application procedure |
Must submit the categories (a) to (e) below to the National Institute for Occupational Health in the manner set out in the National Department of Health Guidelines- (a) each employees’ vulnerability status for serious outcomes of a Covid-19 infection, (b) details of the Covid-19 screening of employees who are symptomatic, (c) details of employees who test positive in terms of a positive laboratory test for the Covid-19 virus, (d) details of employees identified as high risk contacts within the workplace if a worker has been confirmed as being positive, and (e) details on the post-infection outcomes of those testing positive, including the return to work assessment outcome.
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Reduced work time benefit | |
Who may claim? |
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The reduced work time benefit amount |
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The application procedure |
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