SA employers' handling of employee medical records is criminal

South African employers are facing a mounting wave of legal risk due to the intersection of established laws and recently gazetted regulations. According to Workforce Healthcare, a prominent provider of occupational health and wellness services, the gap between statutory requirements and current corporate practices has reached a critical point. With an extensive network of 101 clinics and nine mobile medical units, the organization is actively sounding the alarm on the potential consequences for businesses that fail to align their operations with the evolving legal landscape. Mondli Makhanya spoke to Dr. Robin George – Senior Occupational Medicine Practitioner and National Operations Manager Workforce Healthcare.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.