Home » News » Unions push for retrenchment changes in South Africa – including demands for more severance pay Unions push for retrenchment changes in South Africa – including demands for more severance pay Leave a Comment / News / By InterWeb SA / August 27, 2020 August 27, 2020 The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) says it will push for changes to be made to Section 189of the Labour Relations Act so as to make the retrenchment process fairer to workers.