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Employment and Labour
Labour Bills: SAFTU, BUSA, NEASA, AgriSA submissions
17 Apr 2018
The National Employers' Association of South Africa (NEASA) was fundamentally opposed to extending bargaining council collective agreements and making them binding on non-parties. The cost of labour as a percentage of turnover for big business could be 5% or lower. For a small business it could be as high as ...
Employment and Labour
Labour Bills: Department response to submissions
28 Mar 2018
The Committee’s Content Advisor presented a summary of the oral submissions that had been made during the public hearings and comments on the Minimum Wage Bill, the Labour Relations Bill and the Basic Conditions of Employment Amendment Bill, focusing on specific clauses in the amendment bills.
The Department of Labour ...
Employment and Labour
Labour Bills: Way-forward on the processing of submissions
27 Mar 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Labour, meeting for further public hearings on the Labour Bills, was told that the Consumer Goods Council of South Africa (CGCSA) supported the introduction of a national minimum wage, and that minimum wage setting should be removed from Sectoral Determinations. The repeal of Chapters 8 and ...
Employment and Labour
Labour Bills: public hearings day 2
23 Mar 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Labour met for further public hearings on Labour Bills: National Minimum Wage (NMW) Bill, Basic Conditions of Employment Amendment Bill, Labour Relations Amendment Bill and Labour Laws Amendment Bill The National Minimum Wage Research Initiative, Women on Farms Project, Public Service Co-ordinating Bargaining Council, and the ...
Employment and Labour
Labour Bills: public hearings & Department response to submission
22 Mar 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Labour sat to hear submissions on the National Minimum Wage Bill (NMWB), the Basic Conditions of Employment Amendment (BCEA) Bill and the Labour Relations Act (LRA) Amendment Bill. Concerns were raised at the start of the meeting about the rushed nature of the hearings given the ...
Employment and Labour
Labour Bills: summary of submissions
20 Mar 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Labour met, with Department officials in attendance, to receive a briefing by the Committee Content Adviser on the summaries of the submissions made on the three Labour bills before the Committee.
Since most of the submissions was submitted late on Friday, the Content Adviser was only able to ...
Employment and Labour
Committee Report on Department of Labour Quarter 2 performance; Labour Bills public hearings planning
14 Mar 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Labour met to consider the Draft Committee Report on the Quarter 2 performance of the Department of Labour (DoL); and to discuss the way forward in terms of the Labour Bills before the Committee.
The draft report had just two recommendations that talked to the fact ...
Employment and Labour
UIF Labour Activation Programme; Labour Bills: way forward
28 Feb 2018
The Unemployment Insurance Fund, an entity of the Department of Labour, reported on the Labour Activation Plan of the Unemployment Insurance Fund. The Commissioner of the Unemployment Insurance Fund responded to the Portfolio Committee concerns about the Labour Activation Plan. Six activities were complete while four were work-in-progress. A diagnostic ...
Employment and Labour
Compensation Fund Action Plan: Department of Labour briefing
21 Feb 2018
The Compensation Fund -- an entity of the Department of Labour – reported on progress on its action plan to restore its image, which had suffered from adverse media publicity and negative reaction from stakeholders due to service delivery issues.
The objectives of the action plan were anchored on the ...
Employment and Labour
CCMA, Nedlac, Productivity SA, UIF on Quarter 2 performance; with Minister
14 Feb 2018
Four entities of the Department of Labour – Productivity SA, the National Economic Development and Labour Council (NEDLAC), the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) and the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) – presented their second quarter performance reports to the Portfolio Committee.
ProdSA emphasised the need for job preservation ...