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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 ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Amended Financial Services Sector Code: DTI briefing & B-BBEE Commission response
8 Mar 2017
The Committee was briefed on the draft Amended Financial Services Sector Code. The meeting was convened in preparation for the Transformation of the Financial Sector hearings with the Finance Standing Committee the following week.
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) directorate on Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment highlighted that B-BBEE Sector ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Ford Kuga recall: hearing
7 Mar 2017
Ford SA told the Committee that an increase in engine compartment fires on the Ford Kuga 1.6 litre model was reported in January 2016. A maintenance check was initiated in December 2016 with more than 1 000 Kugas inspected and a definitive cause was established. A safety recall of 4 ...
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 ...
Employment and Labour
Nedlac, Productivity SA, Nedlac, Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration, on their Quarter 1 and 2 2016 Reports
15 Feb 2017
Productivity SA (ProdSA), the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA), and National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac) presented their 2016/17 quarter 1 and quarter 2 performance reports to the Committee.
ProdSA noted under-performance in both quarters, with particularly poor performance in Q1 against the targets of supporting enterprises ...
Employment and Labour
Compensation Fund Action Plan update; Department of Labour Quarter 2 performance
7 Dec 2016
The Department of Labour briefed the Committee on its action plan for the Compensation Fund and on its second quarterly performance report for the 2016/17 financial year.
The Compensation Fund had developed an action plan which would serve as a blueprint for the service delivery improvement initiatives. Implementation had started ...
Employment and Labour
Labour Laws Amendment Bill: deliberations
30 Nov 2016
Relevant Document
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996
Unemployment Insurance Act 63 of 2001
The Parliamentary Legal Advisor took Members through the latest amendments that had been proposed to the Labour Laws Amendment Bill (the Bill) in accordance with what had been discussed and agreed on in previous ...
Employment and Labour
Labour Laws Amendment Bill: deliberations
23 Nov 2016
Relevant Document
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996
Unemployment Insurance Act 63 of 2001
The Committee deliberated on the Labour Laws Amendment Bill, after deliberations had been postponed when the matter was discussed at the previous meeting, so that Members could consult their political parties and discuss the ...
Employment and Labour
Labour Laws Amendment Bill: deliberations
16 Nov 2016
Relevant Document
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996
Unemployment Insurance Act 63 of 2001
The Chairperson said that this meeting had been convened to consider points raised in the public hearings on the Labour Laws Amendment Bill (the Bill), and in light of some of the views expressed ...