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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 ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Debt Relief Committee Bill: response to Treasury, DTI, Credit Regulator & Tribunal
11 Oct 2017
The Parliamentary Legal Advisor responded to the comments made on the Debt Relief Committee Bill by the National Credit Tribunal, the National Credit Regulator, National Treasury and the Department of Trade and Industry the previous day.
As the Bill would have to make provision for the credit provider to be ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Copyright Amendment Bill: update; Debt Relief Bill: government responses; French Embassy
10 Oct 2017
The Parliamentary Legal Advisor explained that technical amendments had been made to the Copyright Amendment Bill as some terminology was incorrect and was not conveying the policy intention. Public submissions had made a lot of noise about terminology but this was not a policy issue; it was simply the terminology ...
Employment and Labour
Labour Laws Amendment Bill: Committee processes; BRRR Report
4 Oct 2017
The Parliamentary Legal Advisor took the Committee through the progress of the Labour Laws Amendment Bill thus far. In addition, he highlighted that the Department of Labour had identified the use of an incorrect formula in Clause 9 of the Bill which seeks to amend section 13 of the Unemployment ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Debt Relief Committee Bill; National Consumer Commission; National Credit Regulator Annual Report; SABS & NRCS follow-up
3 Oct 2017
Annual Reports 2016/17
Debt Relief: National Credit Amendment Bill – Draft Framework Bill [not yet available to public]
The meeting initially dealt with responses to questions put by Members to the National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications (NRCS) and South African Bureau for Standards (SABS) at the 12 September meeting at ...
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 ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Transnet and PRASA on localisation
5 Sep 2017
The intention of the Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry meeting with Transnet and the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) was to obtain more detailed and specific information on the localisation of the major rolling stock programmes that were under way. Previous meetings had not provided clarity as ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Copyright Amendment Bill: identification of policy issues
22 Aug 2017
Documents handed out: List of policy issues related to the Copyright Amendment Bill (only to Members)
A long list of policy issues related to the Copyright Amendment Bill were identified by the Committee Content Adviser. This included:
Trade, Industry and Competition
Debt relief: Subcommittee report-back; Copyright Amendment Bill: DTI & Parliamentary Legal Advisor response
18 Aug 2017
The Committee received responses from the Parliamentary Legal Advisor (PLA) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) on the submissions received on the Copyright Amendment Bill, as well as a report back from the sub-committee on debt relief.
The PLA said that over 70 submissions had been received on ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Debt Relief policy: National Treasury on terms of reference for data research
2 Aug 2017
National Treasury recapped its support for the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) proposals:
• The rules governing debt relief should be strict and clear to limit potential for moral hazard and abuse;
• Improving the regulatory and enforcement capability of the National Credit Regulator (NCR) in line with regulator ...