Employment and Labour
DoL, Unemployment Insurance Fund; Compensation Fund; Productivity SA; CCMA; & Nedlac on their 2015/16 Annual Reports with Auditor General input
12 Oct 2016
Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA), dealt with the actual audit outcomes of the Department of Labour (DoL) which had been gathered over the past three years. The majority of the financial statements provided had a number of material misstatements, which was a concern. In terms of ...
Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
Fetsa Tlala Food Production initiative & conditional grants: Provincial Departments reporting Day 1
21 Sep 2016
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) told the Committee that funds were allocated to provinces in four tranches. The monitoring of projects and programmes was conducted on a quarterly basis by both the DAFF and the provincial departments of agriculture (PDA). Funds were 100% aligned to the Agricultural ...
Employment and Labour
Mpumalanga farm inspections: Department of Home Affairs update; Department of Labour 1st quarter 2016 performance; Labour Law Amendment Bill
7 Sep 2016
The Committee noted that after visiting several farms in Mpumalanga, it had highlighted various problems around non-compliance with immigration laws by employers and had requested the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) and the Department of Labour (DOL) to look into the issues and conduct their own inspections into compliance with ...
Employment and Labour
Compensation Fund turnaround strategy
24 Aug 2016
The new Compensation Fund Commissioner noted that improvements had been made by the Compensation Fund in processing claims but the Fund was still not out of its troubled status. Prior to his appointment, the Fund had been in a chaotic financial state for many years, receiving repeated adverse opinions from ...
Employment and Labour
Labour Laws Amendment Bill: way forward; DoL Quarter 4 performance & Protected Employment Enterprises: status report
25 May 2016
The Supported Employment Enterprises was set up to create employment for ex-service persons who had disabilities that prevented them from entering the open labour market. The entity had preferential procurement status. A brief history of the former Sheltered Employment Factories and SEE was set out, including the turnaround strategies and ...
Employment and Labour
Work permits for foreign nationals: Home Affairs & Department of Labour; Labour Laws Amendment Private Members Bill: inputs
11 May 2016
The meeting began with the Parliamentary Legal Advisor advising the Committee on the process to be followed regarding a Private Member’s Bill. Member of Parliament were no longer required to request permission from the Speaker to introduce a Bill; their authority to do so was derived from s73 of the ...
Employment and Labour
Committee Report on Labour Budget
4 May 2016
The Portfolio Committee on Labour considered the draft budget vote report on Budget Vote 28, titled: Labour and on the Strategic Plans of the Department of Labour (2014 -2019) and its entities as well as one set of outstanding minutes.
The Chairperson took Members through the report swiftly, pausing only ...
Employment and Labour
Labour Laws Amendment Bill: briefing; Compensation Fund turnaround strategy
20 Apr 2016
The Committee received a briefing from Ms Cheryllyn Dudley (ACDP) on her Private Members Bill (PMB), called the Labour Laws Amendment Bill. The presentation covered background information to the Bill which sought to provide for parental leave, adoption leave and commissioning parental leave. It also provided for the payment of ...
Employment and Labour
Compensation Fund & Productivity South Africa 2016 budget review, Unemployment Insurance Amendment Bill [B25-15]: Democratic Alliance proposals for changes
7 Apr 2016
The Committee firstly addressed a technical amendment that was introduced by a Member of the DA on the Unemployment Insurance Amendment Bill. The presenting MP noted that the money in this Fund was not so much government money as money paid in directly by individuals and their companies, and that ...
Employment and Labour
Budget Review 2016: Department of Labour & Unemployment Insurance Fund Strategic Plan and Annual Performance Plan
6 Apr 2016
The Department of Labour (DoL) told the Portfolio Committee that its strategy included plans to improve its management practice and strategic support, as 55% of the total DoL’s management performance assessment standards were to reach level 3 and level 4 by March 2017. There was a programme focused on the ...