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TimesLive reports that according to the Department of Employment and Labour (DEL), online retail company Takealot has not been complying with the Occupational Health and Safety Act at its warehouse in Kempton Park, Gauteng.
The department’s inspection and enforcement services inspectors found parts of the facility posed a danger to workers. “Takealot’s breach of a number of labour laws at the warehouse was uncovered on Tuesday during the department’s joint ‘mega blitz’ inspections, which started on Monday in [Gauteng],” spokesperson Mishack Magakwe indicated. The company was found in contravention of several regulations in terms of the Act. Management was also served with a notice direction to improve clinic facilities, create demarcated driveways inside the warehouse and improve warehouse risk assessment specification. The company was issued with three prohibition notices, which prevent it from allowing contractors onsite with stepladders without non-skid rubber; storing chemicals in a general storage area on racks in that they are flammable and can have adverse effects on the health and safety of employees; and deducting money from employees for protective safety shoes. The department granted Takealot 60 days to get its house in order.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Phathu Luvhengo at BusinessLive
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