100% uptime for openHR for May
We are immensely proud to announce that openHR had a 100% uptime for the month of May 2024. Although we have never been down, we have only recently started to measure our uptime.
We also constantly monitor our system for any errors which users may receive either in the front end or in the back end.
Along with high availability of your best free payroll and HR system, you also have all day error detection by an actual human. We also have multiple support channels with our easiest being WhatsApp.
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Mandeni Blitz Exposes Child Labour
A Wake-Up Call for Compliance and Compassion
In a late-night operation dubbed the “Dusk of Night” blitz, the Department of Employment and Labour, alongside SAPS and Home Affairs, raided two textile factories in Mandeni, KwaZulu-Natal. The results were chilling: 47 undocumented workers arrested, two employers detained, and a 14-year-old child found working under illegal conditions.
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