Please help with regards to retrenchments. I am not too sure if my calculations are correct. Here's what I included: Notice Pay
Severance Pay- 1 wk for each completed year of service right? If employee worked less than a year this should be company discretion right?

Then there's this point in the consultation letter
"Severance package issues – 1 week per yr. completed service; Accrued leave; no need to work notice; no taxation if less than R10,000, tax directive if more than R 10,000"

Do I choose not to tax the employee or is this done when the tax returns are filed? I don't wanna take a chance and not pay the tax and then later be hit with penalties. Please advice on how I should treat the tax issue?

One more thing, what is the acceptable(reasonable) time-frame between giving notice and the actual retrenchment? I have a bad feeling about being faced with the CCMA. We only gave the employees notice Mid November, and their termination date is 15 January.