PARENTAL AND MATERNITY BENEFITS FOR INFORMAL SECTOR WORKERS: SALRC REPORT PUBLISHED

PARENTAL AND MATERNITY BENEFITS FOR INFORMAL SECTOR WORKERS: SALRC REPORT PUBLISHED

• 13 September 2023
• Labour Law
• SA Legal Academy

The South African Law Reform Commission has published a report on the outcome of an investigation into maternity and parental benefits for self-employed workers in the informal economy. It includes recommendations and a draft Bill.

According to the accompanying media statement, informed by public comments on a discussion document released in July 2021, recommended reforms include:

• extending maternity and parental benefits outlined in the Unemployed Insurance Fund and Basic Conditions of Employment Acts to self-employed workers
• pegging maternity cash benefits for self-employed workers at 100% of the reference wage, with government subsidising that wage if it falls below the amount required to ensure acceptable health and living conditions for a mother and her child, and
• introducing a maternity support grant for qualifying informal and formal sector workers, (to be converted into a child support grant where applicable).

Please click the links below for more information:

• report
• media statement

Published by SA Legal Academy Policy Watch

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