List your concerns – Proposed OHS Amendment Bill 2020

Dear Valued Members, The Minister of Employment & Labour at the beginning of last month, published for comment the Occupational Health and Safety Amendment Bill (gazette 44572) which sets out proposed changes […]
Mandela Day Challenge: Clean out your pantry and spend 67 minutes helping to cook 67 000 litres of soup

The #67000litres for Mandela Day Challenge is on – and this year every South African with a kitchen and a heart for the hungry can participate. Chefs with Compassion is […]
UIF TERS: Agreement reached to extend payments to workers and companies affected by the adjusted level 4 lockdown

Cape Talk Breakfast host, Refilwe Moloto chatted to Matthew Parks, Cosatu’s parliamentary coordinator and delegate to Nedlac about TERS payments. Trade union federation Cosatu says an agreement has been reached to extend […]
Still having problems implementing the POPI Act?

We are still receiving a number of calls from our members who are struggling to practically implement the POPI Act within their businesses. We have therefore put together a simplified […]
FEDHASA urges Government to reintroduce TERS for the devastated sector

Reviewing the statistics that have just been released by Statistics South Africa – where the total number of liquidations in the hospitality sector increased by 37,5% in the first five […]
Hospitality sector proposes new and realistic Sector Targets to advance transformation

In response to challenges presented by government-imposed Employment Equity (EE) Sector Targetsfor the hospitality industry, FEDHASA has consulted an EE specialist to create alternative and moreachievable targets. The alternative sector […]
AARTO process gets underway with phased-in process

Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula on 1 July 2021 announced a phased-in approach to the roll-out of AARTO. Minister Mbalula says there are four phases to the AARTO roll-out: Phase 1 […]
FEDHASA Compliance – Personal Information Act (POPIA)

As your hospitality industry trade association, FEDHASA represents our members on various levels, including negotiating discounts and benefits for our members, intervening when government legislation is damaging to our industry, keeping […]
Harsher third wave restrictions could signal the death knell for recovery efforts

With the prospect of stricter lockdown regulations as a result of the current third wave of COVID-19 infections, there is mounting concern that it could signal the death knell for […]
COVID-19 TERS: Errors, issues and questions

There still appears to be problems and questions regarding UIF TERS – with many of our members still not being able to claim satisfactorily. In order to summarise the issues […]