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Protective equipment and strict hygiene protocols are non-negotiables in our salons. However, many of the plastic products associated with COVID-19 regulations are dumped in oceans and landfills. Therefore, negatively impacting recycling and sustainability efforts. Salons have no choice but to comply with hygiene practices that include using disposable aprons, masks and capes or washing items after every use. Yet, washing items also pose a problem because it spikes our water and electricity consumption. Thus, it still negatively impacts the environment. The choice between buying disposable or reusable products for your salon becomes a difficult one and poses a moral dilemma. Do I purchase plastic products and knowingly contribute to a growing waste problem? Do I buy reusable and wash after every use and add to increased water and electricity usage? You can’t choose to ignore regulations in order to cut down on waste or consumption. You can, however, buy products that minimise the environmental impact; products that are recyclable, biodegradable - or both. The Swish protective products sold on our online shop or via a Modern Hair & Beauty rep are both recyclable and biodegradable with the stick-on mask as the exception. The products contain an ingredient called d2w that breaks down the plastic when exposed to oxygen. So, if the products are not recycled, they won’t fill up landfills or pollute oceans. Swish products you can purchase Swish Apron The Swish Biodegradable Disposable Apron is made from clear plastic and is for one-off use. It is biodegradable because of an ingredient called d2w. The additive, which contains a mixture of salts, is added to the raw plastic during the manufacturing process. When oxygen is present, this additive will degrade and biodegrade the plastic if it escapes into the open environment or general waste. Tie closure at the back. One size fits all. Swish Cape The Swish Biodegradable Disposable Cape is made from clear plastic and is for one-off use. It is biodegradable because of an ingredient called d2w. The additive, which contains a mixture of salts, is added to the raw plastic during the manufacturing process. When oxygen is present, this additive will degrade and biodegrade the plastic if it escapes into the open environment or general waste. The cape closure is a double-sided tape on the back seam. One size fits all. Swish Biodegradable Towel The Swish Disposable Biodegradable Towels are 40cm(w) X 84cm(h) in size and are produced from 55gsm Airlaid. Airlaid is a biodegradable substance due to the paper component and the fact that it doesn’t contain polypropylene or polyester, which is not biodegradable as they often contain PP or PET. Airlaid is produced from 76% fluff pulp which is 100% biodegradable, ±20% Bi-component fibres for tensile strength and ± 4% EVA binder- Ethylene Vinyl Acetate. Due to the high fluff pulp content, the product will break down reasonably quickly, followed by the binder and then leave the Bi-component fibres which will take slightly longer to break down completely. Overall, it will take 28 days for the towel to break down completely. Swish Stick-On Mask The Swish Disposable Stick-On Face Mask is a non-biodegradable mask that covers the nose and mouth without any elastic or rope ties around the head or ears. The mask has a sticky adhesive (gentle to the skin) on the inside, which sticks to the top part of the nose, the cheeks and under the chin. It is best used in hair salons or barbershops as there are no obstructions around the ears or the head. The mask is made from PP SPUNBOND, which is a certified 70gsm/hydrophobic material – meaning it repels fluid. Reasons to choose Swish products Clients are not exposed to one another as they are not sharing the same cape and have a mask to cover their nose and mouth Reduce water and electricity costs. Swish disposable products don’t have to be washed. The cape, apron and towel are 100% recyclable and biodegradable. Should they end up in landfill, they disintegrate About Swish Swish is a quality, yet affordable brand developed in South Africa. The easy-to-use range is suitable for all hair types and comprises bulk shampoos and conditioners and colour wipes for in-salon use, as well as a Swish Moulding Glaze, which is a popular retail styling aid that has been in demand since the early 2000s. Recently, Swish has also made available hygiene products, for use in salons and at home, which comprise of hand sanitisers, surface sanitisers and face masks. These products are available to both salons and clients. For pricing, more detailed product information, and to place your order, please contact your Sales Rep, or call / email us: details for your local branch or agent are on our contact page. Alternatively place your order online through our online shop HERE. 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Is Your Salon Compliant? CFS Healthscan offers two efficient and cost-effective alternatives for individual salons or multi-chains, to allow screening of staff and clients using digital devices. Either this can be done on-site on a phone or tablet via a QR code, or else the client receives an email link confirming their booking and they do their own screening, with the temperature added when they enter the salon. (This saves time.) For individual salons, setup is quick and easy and the online reporting dashboard is available at the touch of a button. For larger chain groups this is an invaluable service as head office can be assured that each salon is complying fully with the correct screening process. If employees/ customers do not pass the health screen, they will not be allowed to access the salon and the person responsible will be notified. Watch the video to see how this quick, easy and professional service works! CFS Healthscan Individual Salon Pricing Unlimited amount customers 10 x Employees 1 x administrators 1 x screening tools Data Hosting Monthly Software License fee Online Reporting Dashboard support and Maintenance Immediate alerts sent via email on complaints R500 per month exc VAT For more info please click HERE to view PDF. Contact Us! Kim Muscat Tel: 082 447 9539 kimm@cfs-southafrica.com www.cfs-southafrica.com You might also enjoy... CFS Healthscan: Cost-Effective Online Screening App for Salons​ Salon Costings: Get a grip on your business before your business gets a grip on you! The Savvy Hairdresser: Embracing the Online World Part One

By Simon Clark, Simon Clark Hairdressing, Port Elizabeth The first step to getting a grip on your business is to understand its cost structure and how these costs interact to affect your bottom line and profit. At the end of the day if you do not know what it costs to run your business you are never going to know when you are actually making a profit. As an analogy if you turn over R100k a month but your business costs are R101k you are losing money! However if you are an owner operator this loss will probably go unnoticed as it will just come out of your salary. Business costs can be grouped in to two categories, fixed costs and variable costs. In salons these can be broken down again into materials costs; shampoo and color, business costs; such as rent and electricity, staff costs and regulatory ones; such as SARS and the bargaining council. Fixed costs are things that don’t change; rent or your bargaining council subs are good examples. Variable fixed costs are things where the amount you spend will vary depending on how much you use; water and electricity or hair color are good examples. Though for the purposes of costing it is often easier to use average values to calculate your prices ie if your water and electricity is usually around R3,500 per month consider this the fixed cost for your calculations. I will deal with hair color in a separate article. You need to know all of your variable costs before you can start calculating what you need to charge to make money. Pricing for hairdressing can become incredibly complex, however the basic fundamentals are the same for any business money in must be more than money out. Imagine a salon with 3 stylists and 8 stations and fixed costs as laid out below: (This is a starting point for our example.) Based on the above the salon has a monthly fixed cost base of R27,500 and yearly total cost of R330,000. This however does not take into account the costs of owner/ manager salary which I am going to set at R20,000 a month, and makes no allowance for marketing at R5,000 per month, bringing the total monthly cost of a salon to R52,500 or R630,000 a year. You might argue that including the owners salary at the start is a little unfair. My rebuttal is to many owners are hairstylists that spend too much time on the floor trying to keep themselves solvent and as a result spend to little time actually doing the necessary management to make money! Or put differently in the real world a share holder in any business would expect all of these costs to be covered and the business to still make a profit of at least 10-20% after this! Could your salon do this before Covid struck? Now we need to calculate a daily and then per appointment fixed cost. Easy R630 000.00 divide by 365 days in the year. Wrong we usually only work five days a week so that only gives us 261 working days but we also would hope to have 3 weeks a year holiday so that actually only leaves us with 246 days. When was the last time you took a full three weeks leave? And that’s without public holidays interfering. Now we have established that it really costs R1,585.37 a day before the salon even opens its doors. We need to calculate a base rate for the cost that the stylists need to cover each appointment. 3 Hairdressers, 7 hours each a day, everyone needs a break, gives 21 billable hours is R75.489 per hour assuming they are fully booked. The reality is that they won’t be, as you can’t always back book your appointments (in covid times you can only see a single client at a time) and not all hairdressers are equally busy. A simple way to calculate this is to calculate the number of appointments the salon has and divide by operating cost. Our salon averages 250 appointments a month which gives us 12 appointments per day. Note for this calculation a root touch up and a cut are considered 2 appointments, 1 for each service) The calculation works as follows appointments per month 250 x 12 months / 246 working days gives 12 per day and a cost per appointment of R1,585.37 / 12 = R132.11 per appointment. Remember you need to make this just to cover your basic costs! Now we need to look at all your variable costs that need to be covered, refreshments ( I know we can’t serve them but they should have been part of your calculations) shampoo, styling aids, capes and their washing, cleaning materials for the salon, wear and tear. For the sakes of this article I am going to assign them a collective value of R50.00 (This is probably far too low but it is a start). I am excluding additional PPE as this should be added as a separate surcharge. This means that your costs before you have paid your stylist just for a cut or blow are R182.12 and you will need 12 of them just to break even! If you pay your stylists 50% commission you need to double this to give you a total cost for a standard cut or basic blow dry of R365.00 and that is before you even start making any profit. Now need to add a mark up to that of 30%* giving you R474.00 base cost per appointment slot. This is before you add on any color charges to the service. If your rent is R30k a month and everything else stays the same, this number will increase to R745.00 per appointment. However if you can double the number of clients you see, because it is a better location it will drop to R375.00. You also need to be doing this turnover everyday without exception to just meet your basic target to cover basic costs! How many salons are able to charge these prices this just for a cut? I think for too long the industry has focused on the craft side of the trade to the detriment of the business. If we do not get a grip on our businesses they will well and truly have a grip on us. …. Next time I am going to look at base pricing for a home salon. # for the sake of simplicity I have left out VAT *This in reality will only translate to a 15% profit as half of the mark up would be eaten by legislated stylist commission. Follow Simon Clark Hairdressing on Facebook You might also enjoy... The Savvy Hairdresser: Embracing the Online World Part One SA Beauty & Hair Distributors: For All Your Salon’s Hygiene Needs EOHCB: Health And Safety Clauses to Add to Employment Contracts

The inspiration for LXXXVII derived from a time in my life where I needed to find joy and light in the wake of a family tragedy. My 7-year-old nephew, Jackson, was the 87th person to be killed on Australian roads in 2017. It was the most devastating thing that could happen to a family, especially as he was an identical twin. Since he left this world, I have made it my mission to achieve and live for the two of us. That is why I created a collection this is filled with colour, because I believe the world needs more colour and love. I’m here to create and share as much colour, love and light as I possibly can, to be a positive light for many through the medium of hair and the awards’ platform of the AHFAs. I have since researched the spiritual meaning of the number 87 and found that its meaning relates to your guardian angels trying to connect with you. Through the number 87, they are showing you that you can make a positive impact on others by doing small things that will turn into big things. The number 87 bears the message from the Divine Realm that you can be a lightworker who makes a positive difference in the world. For my darling nephew, Jackson, I want to do that more than anything. I truly hope people view this collection and it makes them smile. HAIR: Megan Panozzo PHOTOGRAPHY: David Mannah MAKEUP: Chereine Waddell You might also enjoy... SA Beauty & Hair Distributors: For All Your Salon’s Hygiene Needs L’Oréal Access: Free Online Education to Empower and Inspire You Cruise Ship Update: Interview with Nadine Brits, Part 1

Welcome to On-Hair by L'Oréal Professional Products Division a series where clients are at the center of what we do. We truly believe in providing salon professionals, freelance stylists and every hair fanatic with guidance to become masters of their craft! So join us in this journey. The Fourth Industrial Revolution has surely put the internet and visual platforms like Youtube, as well as Instagram as the go to platforms for information on hair treatments and D-I-Y Projects that result in undesirable expectations. Mastering social media has become key in today’s world. #Mastering Social Media Mastering social media and increasing business acumen is key. Make sure you are connected digitally with your clients through Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp as a starter. New customers are mainly acquired from these three sources: recommendations, internet advertising and social media. More than ever before, when searching for a salon, clients are looking for expertise and someone they can trust. So, don’t be afraid of highlighting your strengths and showing off your knowledge- online and offline. L’Oréal Access has an amazing 3 Level online learning on how to boost digital HERE “Being online is a language” by Mashudu Netshidzivhani, Mizani Education Manager - South Africa Education Manager for Mizani South Africa Mashudu Netshidzivhani has given 3 tips to speak the online language. Tip #1- Inspire Inspire your followers online by giving content to motivate them to come back the salon. The use of before and after images can be a great way to inspire clients to come to your salon for that professional experience. Tip #2- Educate Educate your followers by sharing valuable knowledge. Explain the what, why and how of your treatment process. This will build trust with your followers. Tip #3- Entertain Entertain your followers by inspiring a feeling in them. Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp are good platforms to make connections with potential and existing clients. What’s Hot? Never be afraid of falling - Introducing the award winning Anti Hair Fall Range - Genesis by Kerastase 88% of woman of which 40% by the age of 35yrs, experience hair loss during the course of their lives* Hair fall is defined by losing more than 100 hairs a day from the roots & fibre breakage. Introducing Genesis The 1st strength activating programme for weakened hair prone to falling. Endorsed by a panel of experts – the nutritionist, the hairdresser and the dermatologist, Genesis aims to reduce hair fall by 84%** Thanks to the dual action of increased fibre strength and retention***. *Source L’Oreal R&I. Anti hair loss category. knowledge quantitative study, 9 countries globally 2016, ** Hair-fall due to breakage. 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Disclaimer: Genesis is a cosmetic range and before any use whilst taking prescribed medication, please seek medical advice. For more information on Genesis click HERE Winter proof your hair with NEW Redken All soft Mega!!! Redken has an INCREDIBLE launch coming your way! Introducing All Soft Mega! This range will transform your hair from severely dry, coarse and brittle, to the instantly soft, lustrous and seductive hair we all dream of! All Soft Mega helps repair strength and restore luxurious softness. Severely dry hair will be instantly quenched and can now achieve touchable softness with the complete All Soft Mega system. Infused with cactus extract to nourish the hair, superfood mix of sacha inchi extract to repair hair at its core and aloe vera gel to hydrate as well as deliver shine and manageability. The most amazing aspect of this exciting launch is not only the extreme moisture it will provide but also Redken’s exclusive RCT Protein Complex to treat hair from the root to the core to the tip! The All Soft Mega MegaMask is sure to become a cult product for its care extending properties. This star product gives an amazing 3 day long-lasting results, your hair will never feel better! Should I use All Soft or All Soft Mega? All Soft is for clients with normal to dry hair that have a normal to medium hair type and require moisture and shine as they suffer from dry/brittle hair, whereas All Soft Mega are for clients with severely dry hair that have a medium to coarse hair type and require intense nourishment. For more information on All Soft Mega go HERE * When you use All Soft Shampoo, All Soft Conditioner and All Soft Mega Mask Bye- Bye itchy scalp for protective styles with Mizani Scalp Care It's protective style season and with that comes a dry and itchy scalp. The Mizani Scalp care range has been formulated to tackle this issue head on. Scalp Care collection can be used as an IN-SALON Scalp Care Service! Scalp Care Shampoo cleanses the dead cells and stops the bacteria from multiplying on the scalp. This should then be followed up with the Scalp Care Conditioner that should be applied and massaged into the scalp and hair to deeply condition and detangle. The Scalp Care Calming Scalp lotion can be purchased for use at home! The Scalp Care Calming Lotion is a leave in lotion that soothes an itchy and dry scalp from the FIRST use. It contains key ingredients aloe vera and avocado to provide relieve to your clients and should be used on affected areas. For any information contact: lorealconsumerrsa@loreal.com Article from Chanel Pond, L’Oréal Professional Product Division You might also enjoy... L’Oréal Access: Free Online Education to Empower and Inspire You​ The ‘New’ Normal? EOHCB: Health And Safety Clauses to Add to Employment Contracts

To keep your salon a safe, compliant destination, SA Beauty & Hair Distributors is fully stocked with all your sanitizing and PPE consumables. We offer great prices on: Santizers: Instrument disinfectant, surface disinfectant, hand wash, skin disinfectant, alcohol spray 70%, disinfecting wipes Disinfectants: Surgical spirits, Milton, alcohol 70%, Savlon Hygiene Therapy: Hand sanitizer gel, spray, and spray and gel kit 70% alcohol. Safety Visors Infra-red Thermometers Gloves: Vinyl, latex, nitrile packs of 100 in various sizes Cotton Wool Disposable Body Products: Mop caps, plastic caps, face masks, body wrap sheets, disposable headbands, disposable spatulas in various sizes, salon capes, disposable aprons Disposable Underwear: Men’s boxer shorts in packs of 10 Cotton wool products and medical towels: earbuds, rolls, discs, swabs, cotton pleats, medical towel roll, tissues, paper towel rolls Please contact our friendly team if you would like a full price list on the above items. Fast, friendly, professional personalised service and delivery guaranteed. Contact SA Beauty Distributors - www.sabeautydistributors.co.za Head office: 021 551 2904 Email orders@sabeautydistributors.co.za Here’s to safe, enjoyable and productive services for you and your clients, with the help of our top quality, affordably priced products! You might also enjoy... Be Hair from Italy: Permanent ammonia-free colour in half the time! EOHCB: Health And Safety Clauses to Add to Employment Contracts New Sick Pay Fund Rule for Covid-19 Claims

Important information from EOHCB – these health and safety clauses should be introduced immediately to employment contracts in order to ensure safety and compliance in the salon. These undertakings can be introduced by either a contract or policy. The Employee agrees to: 1. Abide by the Health and Safety Protocols introduced by the Employer and Government in response to COVID-19. 2. To report any unsafe and/or unhealthy practices at the workplace in terms of the OHS Act. 3. Complete a voluntary self-declaration of any comorbidities or medical conditions that may result in complications in the event that the Employee is infected with COVID-19. The Employee understands that it is his/her obligation to disclose such details and thereafter to cooperate with the employer in determining reasonable responses to accommodate the Employee. This may include requesting the Employee to obtain a medical practitioner’s opinion that would assist in this regard. 4. The Employee has to disclose immediately should they experience any symptoms relating to COVID-19 and/or inform the employer if they have been in close contact with a person that Employment Management during a Pandemic Guidelines tested positive for COVID-19 and/or is being tested for COVID-19 in accordance with workplace protocol. 5. Co-operate with all internal investigations relating to the containment of COVID-19 and Health and safety gaps. 6. Provided that legislation permits or requires the testing of an Employee, or the testing of an Employee is justifiable in the light of medical facts, employment conditions, social policy, fair distribution of employee benefits or the inherent requirements of the Employee’s position, the Employee agrees to undergo medical testing when required by the employer. This can take place before or during the employment period. 7. The Employee agrees to any testing for COVID-19 and/or for the purpose of applying rules, policies which are not discriminatory of nature and is allowed for by law, such as, but not limited to: 7.1.1 Blood, urine or breathalyser test. 7.1.2 Fingerprint examination. 7.1.3 Medical testing, excluding testing prohibited by the Employment Equity Act of 1988. 8. The Employee accepts and understands that breach of health and safety regulations are a serious transgression that may result in a dismissal and/or imprisonment and/or fine. Thanks to EOHCB for this important info! EOHCB assist employers in the hair and beauty industry – get in touch and find out how they can help you with labour issues, business advice, and so much more. For more information on how EOHCB can assist you and your salon through lockdown and beyond, get in touch HERE. www.eohcb.co.za

This joint collection between Manuel Monand Gonzalo Zarauzais a homage to the first women who dared to be models during the 20th century. Women of stunning beauty who had the courage to work as models during a time when they were looked down upon. One of them was Dorothy Virginia Margaret Juba, a young New Yorker who worked in a sweet shop. Dovima was the name that she invented for herself using the first two letters of each of her names. One day whilst leaving a restaurant, fate led her to cross paths with an editor of Vogue. Soon after she was posing for the best fashion photographers in the world and was paid a record $30 per hour by the Ford agency which employed her. She was elegant, distinguished and her mysterious smile was compared to that of Gioconda. Her work is part of the history of fashion. Dovima was one of Richard Avedon’s revolutionary models, uninhibited and unrestricted. He photographed her on many occasions, but the photograph that went around the world and that holds the record of being the most expensive photo by Avedon is “Dovima with elephants” which in 2010 was auctioned in Paris by Christie’s and fetched the figure of € 841.00. After her death Richard Avedon said: “The last of the aristocratic, elegant beauties ... The most remarkable and original beauty of her time.” Hair: Manuel Mon and Gonzalo Zarauza @ Vangard Hair Instagram: @manuelmonoficial Instagram:@gonzalo_zarauza Photographer: Pavel Zverev & Alina Paranina Retouch: Javier Villalabeitia Instagram: @javiervillalabeitia MUA: Tatty Dyakova Instagram: @Tatty_Dyakova Stylist: Visori FashionArt Instagram: @visorifashionartstudio

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To help you understand the new Covid-19 rules that form part of the Sick Pay Fund, here is a practical example of how the days are calculated and the leave is applied for. Calculating Sick Leave for Covid-19: Practical Example Each employee has a short sick leave entitlement of 33 days over a 3 year period and a long sick leave entitlement also of 33 days over a 3 year period as per clause 5.4 of the Sick Pay Fund Rules. For a Covid-19 claim, the days available for the claim to succeed will be determined by looking at both the balances left on the employee’s total leave entitlement. A maximum of 10 days will be allocated from the short sick leave and a maximum of 23 days will be allocated from the long sick days. Therefore the Covid-19 claim will be limited to 33 days. Please note that this is not an additional 33 days granted but will be taken from the existing entitlement. The process will be as follows: 1. We check how many short sick days are available and calculate the short sick days available for a Covid-19 claim (Available short sick days x 10 / 33) (Example: Employee has 12 short sick days left = 12 x (10/33) = 4 days) 2. We check how many long sick days are available and calculate the long sick days available for a Covid-19 claim (Available long sick days x 23 / 33) (Example: Employee has 30 long sick days left = 30 x (23/33) = 21 days) 3. The total of the above will then indicate how many days is available for a Covid-19 claim (Example: Total days available for a Covid-19 claim = 4 short sick days + 21 long sick days = 25 days total) 4. The number of days the employee has been booked off by a medical professional (a doctor’s note will be required) is then determined (Example: employee is booked of for 14 days) 5. This then means the Sick Pay Fund will be able to calculate the claim on the full 14 days since the employee has 25 days available 6. The claim then gets calculated as any other Sick Pay Fund claim based on the rate per day. The difference however is that the value of the claim will be limited to 75% as per clause 5.10.5.2 7. Clause 5.10.6 then stipulates that the employee has the right to claim the shortfall from the Unemployment Insurance Fund (if applicable) HERE IS THE FULL EXPLANATION OF THE NEW SICK PAY FUND RULE FOR COVID-19 CLAIMS The rule is as follows: Clause 5.10 – Covid-19 or similar virus claims 5.10 For Covid-19 or any similar viruses the following will apply when a claim is instituted against the Sick Pay Fund-; 5.10.1 The number of days for which a Covid-19 or similar virus claim can be instituted, will be limited to 33 days in total. The 33 days will be calculated as follows: - 5.10.1.1 10 (Ten) days will be allocated from the short sick leave allotment; and 5.10.1.2 23 (Twenty-three) days will be allocated from the long sick leave allotment. 5.10.2 The limit of 33 days on a Covid-19 or similar virus claim will not be considered an additional benefit granted to the employee. The 33 days (10 days short sick leave and 23 days long sick leave) will be taken from the current allotment of 66 days (33 days short sick leave and 33 days long sick leave) to each employee as per the Sick Pay Fund Rules. 5.10.3 The limit of 33 days granted on a Covid-19 or similar virus claim will be subject to the remaining number of days available per member within their cycle for short sick leave and long sick leave. The ratio of days utilised to calculate the claim value for a Covid-19 or similar virus claim will be as follows: - 5.10.3.1 available short sick days remaining within the member’s cycle x 10 days divided by 33 days; and 5.10.3.2 available long sick days remaining within the member’s cycle x 23 days divided by 33 days. The value of the Covid-19 or similar virus claim will be limited to the ratio calculation as per clause 5.10.3.1 and 5.10.3.2, limited to a total number of 33 days. 5.10.4 A member will only be able to institute a Covid-19 or similar virus claim against the SPF during the payment period, if:- 5.10.4.1 the member is in possession of a medical certificate issued by a registered medical practitioner, clearly stating: - 5.10.4.1.1 the name, address and capacity of the practitioner issuing the medical certificate; 5.10.4.1.2 the date upon which the member consulted with the practitioner; 5.10.4.1.3 the period that the member will be absent from work due to the illness. 5.10.4.2 The SPF may, if necessary, communicate with and call on the practitioner to amplify or clarify any aspect mentioned on the medical certificate or, in its sole and absolute discretion, refer the member to a practitioner of its own choice and at its own costs, to verify the medical condition, examination or medical procedure, or duration thereof, mentioned on the medical certificate. No claim shall be paid until such time that the SPF has finalised its own investigation as envisaged in this clause, should it elect to do so. 5.10.5 A Covid-19 or similar virus claim against the SPF shall be calculated on the basis of :- 5.10.5.1 the duration that the member is absent from work due to Covid-19 or similar virus as indicated on the medical certificate limited to the available days as per clause 5.10.3, limited to a total number of 33 days; and 5.10.5.2 the value of the Covid-19 or similar virus claim will be limited to 32% of the total claim value. Any shortfall in the value of the Covid-19 or similar virus claim should be instituted against the Unemployment Insurance Fund by the member. Should you need any additional explanations, please send an email to the Sick Pay Fund at sickpayfund@hcsbc.co.za Click HERE to read the full Sick Pay Fund rules www.hcsbc.co.za

There is so much valuable and important information available on Access that you can use to empower yourself, in your own time and 24/7! We particularly love the Hygiene and Safety E-Learning course as well as the incredibly useful Back to Business Salon Support Guide. Available at no charge – simply register and you can start! Haven’t signed up to Access? It’s free to join and for everyone, whether you’re a salon owner, stylist, freelancer or college student. Register Today Get ready. Get certified Demonstrate to your clients the changes you have made in salon by taking our Hygiene and Safety E-Learning to get your certificate today! Enrol today Get ready. Get prepared Take the pressure off reopening with our Back to Business Salon Support Guide - all you need to know from salon hygiene to team organisation so you are best prepared. Download now Get ready. Get technical Same client, but a very different colour service? We understand that you may be faced with challenges that require different correction services. Use our Technical Back to Salon Guide to help you tackle each and every client request. Download now

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