BEE Partner, South Africa Economy Watch

Net remuneration

This represents the amount of remuneration after deducting the following:

• current and arrear contributions, within specified limits, to approved pension and/or retirement annuity funds that the employer is entitled or required to deduct from the employee’s remuneration
• at the option of the employer, current and arrears retirement annuity fund contributions, within specified limits, which the employee has paid directly to the fund, provided the employee furnishes the employer with proof of payment; such proof of payment must be obtained annually by the employer from the employee (or when the employee terminates employment, if earlier) and retained for inspection purposes

Medical aid scheme contributions in the case of persons aged 65 or older. Read the rest of this entry »

The QSE skills development scorecard only contains one indicator. It is significantly simpler than skills development of non-QSE businesses and easier to obtain a higher score. Unfortunately, because the target is based on terms and calculations used in the Skills Development Levies Act, the SDLA, this is a technical section.

Indicator terminology

Leviable amount

The leviable amount is derived from the SDLA. It the amount that the levy that must be paid to the SETA is calculated on. BEE uses the same calculation and therefore terminology, but sets a target over and above that payable to the SETA. The scorecard sets the target for the indicator as 2% of the leviable amount for QSEs. Essentially, the leviable amount is the annual total net salaries and wages payable by the entity. Read the rest of this entry »