Employment & labour minister Thulas Nxesi has appointed auditors to follow the trail of money paid to companies since the start of the lockdown after it emerged that some had allegedly failed to pay employees.
The ministry on Monday appealed to companies not to take advantage of money earmarked for employees.
He said the Unemployment Insurance Fund had paid out more than R21bn benefiting 3,609,161 workers represented by 314,454 employers.fund awaits further details from employers to be able to soften the financial blow for at least 725,791 workers represented by 123,977 employers. The minister said though some companies had reopened as a result of the risk-adjusted strategy easing the lockdown, his department still grappled with helping companies that remain closed.
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