Topical Press ReleasesDecember 17, 2020
Managing retrenchments in tough economic times
The CCMA is receiving record numbers of retrenchment referrals, thanks to the pandemic The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) received 28 000 retrenchment cases from May to June 2020 during the lockdown. In August it revealed that it had received 190 large-scale retrenchment referrals and 1 307 small-scale retrenchment referrals in that month alone. While the numbers may be slowly dropping as the lockdown eases, it is...