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 ...
Tourism
Marketing Investment Framework (MIF) and econometrics study with Oxford University: SA Tourism briefing
18 Aug 2017
SA Tourism briefed the Committee on its Marketing Investment Framework and the econometrics study with Oxford University
SA Tourism had created a marketing investment strategy informed by an investment framework to achieve its 5-in-5 national tourism target, which aimed to add five million high value tourist trips within five years ...
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 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 ...
Tourism
France-South Africa Friendship Group on bilateral relations, cooperation at parliamentary level and tourism meeting
11 May 2017
The Committee with met with the France-South Africa Friendship to discuss bilateral relations, cooperation at parliamentary level and tourism. It was noted that South Africa and France enjoyed a cordial and mutually beneficial relationship and that this engagement will help to strengthen ties between the two countries. Members of 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 ...
Tourism
National Department of Tourism on its Quarter 3 Performance
10 Mar 2017
The National Department of Tourism reported on its Quarter 3 Performance Report for 2016/17.
Programme 1: Administration
With the Key Performance Indicator (KPI) being the number of strategic documents developed and implemented in Quarter 3 the target had been met regarding having a second draft of the Strategic Plan and ...
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 ...