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Employment and Labour
Labour Law Reform: National Minimum Wage Bill, BCEA & LRA Amendments; Labour Department + Compensation Fund Quarter 2 performance, with Minister
31 Jan 2018
The Department of Labour briefed the Committee on labour law reform. The National Minimum Wage Bill was the result of a NEDLAC engagement process about wage inequality and the labour relations environment. The national minimum wage (NMW) was the minimum level below which no employee should be paid:
• The ...
Employment and Labour
Labour Activation Programme: briefing
22 Nov 2017
The Commissioner of the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) reported on the status of the Labour Activation Programme, with specific reference to the issues that had been raised by the Portfolio Committee during its visit. The targeted breakdown of gender and youth had been partially successful, although the implementation was still ...
Employment and Labour
Compensation Fund action plan; Department of Labour Quarter 1 performance; Labour Laws Amendment Bill:finalised
15 Nov 2017
The Committee adopted the Labour Laws Amendment (LLA) Bill clause by clause.
The Committee was briefed by the Compensation Fund on its Action Plan. The briefing provided background to the need for an Action Plan, objectives of the Action Plan, pillars of the Action Plan and a summary of the ...
Employment and Labour
Labour Laws Amendment Bill: public comment & Department response; CCMA Essential Services Committee; Cosatu Memo
8 Nov 2017
The Department of Labour provided a quick summary of deliberations considering the changes recommended to the Labour Laws Amendment Bill. The submissions embodied the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu’s) proposal and memorandum of the demands. This was in line with the total banning of labour broking and the ...
Employment and Labour
Department of Labour inspections and investigations based on Committee 2017 oversight visits; UIF Report
1 Nov 2017
The Department of Labour briefed the Portfolio Committee on Labour on inspections and investigations done in Gauteng, the Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal. Findings across the board to varying degrees showed non-compliance to various labour laws including Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) benefits, Occupational Health and Safety.
In Gauteng the company visited ...
Employment and Labour
Supported Employment Enterprises performance; COSATU Memorandum; Election of Chairperson
25 Oct 2017
The Supported Employment Enterprises (SEE) strategic objective is to provide work opportunities for persons with disabilities. A performance report on 2016/17 stated that production norms and standards were developed and training conducted with factory managers and instructors by end March 2017. However, performance norms and standards were not properly implemented ...
Employment and Labour
Department of Labour, CCMA, UIF, Nedlac, Productivity South Africa + Compensation Fund Quarter 1 performance
18 Oct 2017
The Department of Labour presented the salient issues pertaining to the Quarter 1 Performance Report to the Portfolio Committee on Labour. In the past financial year, only Western Cape had achieved the target and this year, Eastern Cape, Free State and Western Cape had achieved the target. There was no ...
Employment and Labour
Labour Laws Amendment Bill: proposed amendments; Labour Budget Review and Recommendations Report
11 Oct 2017
The Committee deliberated on the latest proposed amendments to the Labour Laws Amendment Bill. The first was the formula used for maternity benefits and the second related to beneficiaries.
The Parliamentary Legal Advisor explained that the Committee must have public participation with regards to the clause dealing with the extension ...
Employment and Labour
DoL, Nedlac; Productivity SA; CCMA; Compensation Fund & UIF 2016/17 Annual Reports, with Auditor General input
13 Sep 2017
The Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) briefed the Portfolio Committee on Labour on the audit outcomes of the Department of Labour (DoL) and its entities. In addition, The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA), the Compensation Fund (CF), the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF), the National Economic Development and ...
Employment and Labour
Compensation Fund Action Plan; UIF Labour Activation Programmes; Committee Reports
6 Sep 2017
The Department of Labour briefed the Portfolio Committee on developments at the Unemployment Insurance Fund, as well as the action plan of the Compensation Fund.
The Compensation Fund reported that the Department had concluded 83% of the goals set out, and had created a programme to clean out inefficiencies. It ...