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Employment and Labour
Budget Review 2016: Department of Labour & Unemployment Insurance Fund Strategic Plan and Annual Performance Plan
6 Apr 2016
The Department of Labour (DoL) told the Portfolio Committee that its strategy included plans to improve its management practice and strategic support, as 55% of the total DoL’s management performance assessment standards were to reach level 3 and level 4 by March 2017. There was a programme focused on the ...
Employment and Labour
Department of Labour on 2nd and 3rd Quarter 2015/16 performance
16 Mar 2016
The Department of Labour (DoL) briefed the Portfolio Committee on Labour on its quarterly performance report for the second and third quarters, and informed it that its average performance for the period was standing at 56%, while 79% of the budget had been spent. The introduction of stringent quality assurance ...
Employment and Labour
Unemployment Insurance Amendment Bill: adoption; Department of Labour 2nd & 3rd quarter performance: FFC comments
9 Mar 2016
The Portfolio Committee went through the Committee's proposed amendments the Unemployment Insurance Amendment Bill [B25-2015] and approved these:
Clause 4 amendment of section 11 of Act 63 of 2001
Clause 4 was rejected by all members.
Clause 10 amendment of section 24 of Act 63 of 2001, as amended by ...
Employment and Labour
Unemployment Insurance Fund Amendment Bill [B25-15]: deliberations, with Deputy Minister
2 Mar 2016
The Committee discussed the three clauses on which objections had been raised in the previous meeting:
▪ Clause 10(b) inserting subsection 24(7) into the Act
The Committee agreed to remove the subclause.
▪ Clause 4 inserting subsection (1A) into the Act
The Committee agreed to remove clause 4 which allows ...
Employment and Labour
Unemployment Insurance Fund Amendment Bill [B25-2015]: Department response to submissions with Minister’s introduction
24 Feb 2016
The Committee received responses on issues raised during public hearings from the Department of Labour (DOL). Amendment of section 24(7) by clause 10 reads that “Subsection (5) does not apply to a contributor who voluntarily terminated her pregnancy”. Most of submissions object to the insertion of this clause since voluntary ...
Employment and Labour
Unemployment Insurance Amendment Bill [B25-2015]: public hearings
3 Feb 2016
The Committee held public hearings on the Unemployment Insurance Amendment Bill [B25-2015]. The Bill was endorsed by a number of agencies and labour unions although there were still concerns on some of the amendments that had been made. Formal submissions were made by a number of the labour unions, but ...
Employment and Labour
Department of Labour response to Committee oversight visits
4 Nov 2015
The Department of Labour (DOL) presented a report on the progress made since the Portfolio Committee had visited three citrus farms in Mpumalanga during an oversight visit. After the Committee’s visit, the Department had issued contravention notices against the employers on the farms visited, as they were in violation of ...
Employment and Labour
Unemployment Insurance Amendment Bill: Department of Labour on amendments proposed
30 Oct 2015
The Department of Labour took the Committee through the amendments being proposed to the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) Act, by the UIF Amendment Bill. The need to amend the Act had been suggested by the UIF Board, as it was clear that there needed to be alignment with current market ...
Employment and Labour
Department of Labour on its Quarter 1 2015/16 performance & 2014 Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR) progress
23 Sep 2015
The Department of Labour briefed the Committee on the Quarter 1 performance and on progress with the recommendations made by the Committee in the Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR).
Quarter 1 target performance for contribution to employment creation was 44%; promotion of equity in the labour market was 50%; ...
Employment and Labour
Department of Labour and its entities 1st Quarter performance: research report; 2014/15 Audit by Auditor-General South Africa
22 Sep 2015
The Appropriations Committee Researcher provided a brief analysis of the expenditure review of the Department of Labour (DOL) for the past five years, including the first quarter expenditure for the 2015/16 financial year.
The DOL spent 99.5 % of its budget in 2010, but achieved only 43.4 % of its ...