General

As of 1 January 2020 the new parental leave has replaced the three days paid family responsibility leave when a child is born or adopted.

Parental leave – 10 consecutive days
An employee who is a parent of a child will be entitled to 10 consecutive days’ parental leave. These are calendar days, not working days. 

Adoption leave – 10 consecutive weeks
A single adoptive parent is entitled to 10 consecutive weeks’ adoption leave.

Family responsibility leave is governed by the Basic Conditions of Employment Act. 

This leave applies to an employee—

Remote and virtual working is fast-growing in today's technology-driven economy.  Employers are recognising the enormous cost-saving and productivity benefits they can gain by hiring virtual assistants. 

Hire skilled, English speaking virtual assistants and freelancers from South Africa at favourable exchange rates and a business-friendly time-zone (GMT +2). Get the work done while you sleep.

We have English, French, German, Spanish and Portuguese speaking virtual assistants together with other languages on our database.

RecruitMyMom is all about assisting skilled Moms to find flexible and part-time meaningful work. All our communication and interactions are geared towards Moms. We do understand that there are stay-at-home Dads too, and we do assist stay-at-home Dads looking for part-time and flexible work. We are looking for career part-timers to ensure that when a client fills a part-time or flexible position, they are not disappointed by a candidate who leaves for full-time employment opportunities. 

CONTRACT TO PERMANENT PLACEMENT FEE

When a fixed term or consultant employee, as introduced by RMM, is appointed permanently by The Client, a permanent placement fee of ten (10) percent of the First years remuneration including bonuses, allowances and commissions becomes applicable as well as the Warranty. 

Section 198B(1) defines a fixed term contract as a contract of employment that terminates on:

·         the occurrence of a specific event;

·         the completion of a specified task or project;

·         a fixed date other than an employee’s normal or agreed retirement age.

·         The nature of the work is of a limited or definite duration. (Examples of this is where the person is employed to complete a specific task, for example, a building which may take longer than three months to complete (section 198B(3)(a)).

Yes we use several independent contractors for our clients.

 We contract your services on behalf of our clients; you are remunerated directly from RecruitMyMom on submission of your completed and authorized time sheets. As a RecruitMyMom independent contractor your agreed rate is adjusted upwards to include our service fees to the client. 

Yes, we have several Independent Contractors that RecruitMyMom appoints for more than one contracting or freelancing role at a time. The beauty of contracting independently for RecruitMyMom is that we collect the money from the client for the work that you as a  contractor does, and then pay you the contractor.