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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
Department of Labour; Supported Employment Enterprises; NEDLAC; Compensation Fund Annual Performance Plans
3 May 2017
The Portfolio Committee received presentations from the Department of Labour, the National Economic Development and Labour Council (NEDLAC), the Compensation Fund and the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) on their annual performance plans (APPs) for the 2017/18 financial year. The entities provided details of their objectives and the ...
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 ...
Ad Hoc Committee on SABC Board Inquiry
SABC Board Inquiry Final Report: deliberations and adoption
24 Feb 2017
The Committee considered the SABC Board Inquiry Final Report and ensured that all the amendments were correctly captured in the revised report. The Committee formally adopted the SABC Board Inquiry Final Report. The Democratic Alliance (DA) and United Democratic Movement (UDM) reserved their rights until the Report was presented to ...
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 ...
Ad Hoc Committee on SABC Board Inquiry
SABC Board Inquiry interim report: consideration of responses
22 Feb 2017
The Committee continued considering the SABC response to its Interim Report and making amendments to it. The SABC response clarified that the Vision View contract was approved 31 July 2015 but was confirmed on 18 September 2015 and that in addition to the Board’s round robin decision, further ratification was ...
Ad Hoc Committee on SABC Board Inquiry
SABC Board Inquiry Interim Report: consideration of responses
21 Feb 2017
The Committee met to consider its responses to the Interim Report on the Inquiry into the fitness of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) board to hold office.
The Committee had afforded all parties affected in the Interim Report the opportunity to respond to the report’s content. At this meeting, ...
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 ...
Ad Hoc Committee on SABC Board Inquiry
SABC Board Inquiry Interim Report: consideration of responses
14 Feb 2017
The Committee met to discuss the responses to the Committee’s Interim Report from the affected parties. The Committee had received written submissions from four people: SABC8, Mr Phil Molefe, Mr Dumile Mateza and Mr Sipho Masinga. The deadline for comments (submissions) into the Committee's draft report is Thursday, 16 February ...