Older workers threatened by wage subsidy plan?

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Implementation of the subsidy has been delayed by on going negotiations at the National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac) amid concerns that older workers will be displaced in favour of younger ones when the youth wage subsidy is implemented.

Gordhan says his department is examining the way the subsidy has been designed and will amend it to protect older workers from being displaced by youth, and he's getting impatient, reports Fin24.

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