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Employment and Labour
Department of Labour response to Gauteng committee oversight visit report
16 Aug 2017
The Department of Labour with the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) who is in charge of the Labour Activation Programme appeared before to the Portfolio Committee on Labour to respond to the oversigh visit to Gauteng report.
The Committee was not interested in the presentation by the UIF Commission until they ...
Employment and Labour
Department of Labour, Unemployment Insurance Fund; Productivity SA; and Nedlac Quarter 3 & 4 performance
28 Jun 2017
The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF), Productivity South Africa (PSA) and the National Economic Development and Labour Council (NEDLAC) reported on their performances during the third and fourth quarters of the 2016/17 financial year. The meeting was a continuation of the Committee’s engagement with entities under the Department of Labour.
The ...
Employment and Labour
Department of Labour, Supported Employment Enterprises, Compensation Fund & CCMA Quarter 3 & 4 performance
27 Jun 2017
The Department of Labour (DoL), Supported Employment Enterprises (SEE), the Compensation Fund (CF) and the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) presented their third and fourth quarter reports for the 2016/2017financial year.
The DoL recorded a progressive improvement in the average achievement against its performance targets. Activities where performance ...
Employment and Labour
Department of Labour response to Committee Report on KZN oversight visit
31 May 2017
The Committee heard the Department of Labour’s response on the Status Reports regarding the oversight visit to KwaZulu-Natal.
According to the Executive Summary, a total of 13 employers were visited and all were found to be non-compliant with the provisions of the labour laws outlined in the presentation. All inspections ...
Employment and Labour
Accessing Workplaces for Unannounced Oversight Visits: legal opinion; DoL Update on Western Cape & KZN oversight recommendations; DoL Budget approval
17 May 2017
Apologies were received from the Director General and Deputy Director General inspection and enforcement services
The Department briefed the Committee on the Western Cape oversight visit on 22-24 March 2017. The Committee noted with concern, the absence of the Chief inspector of KwaZulu-Natal and the Chief Director Provincial Operations. The ...
Employment and Labour
Committee Report on Quarter 1 & 2 Performance of Entities; Committee Reports on oversight visits
10 May 2017
Draft Committee Minutes dated 8 March 2017
Draft Committee Minutes dated 3 May 2017
Draft Committee Reports dated 4 May 2017
The Chairperson informed the Committee of the presence of a new Member, Ms Lerato Theko (ANC).
The Committee considered and adopted draft minutes dated 8 March 2017, 3 May ...
Employment and Labour
Unemployment Insurance Fund; Productivity South Africa & CCMA on their Annual Performance Plans
4 May 2017
Productivity South Africa (ProdSA) said it would have a significant role to play when the proposed minimum wage of R20 an hour came into force. Companies “with a negative attitude” were already cutting back on their employee complements in anticipation of the minimum wage implementation, and ProdSA would need to ...
Employment and Labour
National Minimum Wage: Committee Report on National Minimum Wage
8 Mar 2017
The issue of minimum wage was brought to life when the President Zuma first mentioned it in the 2014 State of the Nation Address. Following the address by the President, the Committee embarked on an information gathering exercise in order to ascertain what the nation’s views were. A total of ...
Employment and Labour
Minister on National Minimum Wage; Department inspections: feedback
1 Mar 2017
The Minister of Labour briefed the Committee on the progress made on the national minimum wage. She explained the national minimum wage will not take over or review the previous signed wage agreements nor will it review the sectoral determinations except where the sectoral minimum wage is less than the ...
Employment and Labour
Compensation Fund, Unemployment Insurance Fund, Supported Employment Enterprises: Quarter 1 and 2 financial and performance briefings
22 Feb 2017
The Department of Labour (DOL) briefed the Committee on the first and second quarter performance for the Compensation Fund, Unemployment Insurance Fund and Supported Employment Enterprises. Detailed figures and descriptors were provided, target by target. For the Compensation Fund, it was noted that in quarter 1, 58% (20 183) of ...