Employment and Labour
Department of Labour on 2nd and 3rd Quarter 2015/16 performance
16 Mar 2016
The Department of Labour (DoL) briefed the Portfolio Committee on Labour on its quarterly performance report for the second and third quarters, and informed it that its average performance for the period was standing at 56%, while 79% of the budget had been spent. The introduction of stringent quality assurance ...
Employment and Labour
Unemployment Insurance Amendment Bill: adoption; Department of Labour 2nd & 3rd quarter performance: FFC comments
9 Mar 2016
The Portfolio Committee went through the Committee's proposed amendments the Unemployment Insurance Amendment Bill [B25-2015] and approved these:
Clause 4 amendment of section 11 of Act 63 of 2001
Clause 4 was rejected by all members.
Clause 10 amendment of section 24 of Act 63 of 2001, as amended by ...
Employment and Labour
Unemployment Insurance Fund Amendment Bill [B25-2015]: Department response to submissions with Minister’s introduction
24 Feb 2016
The Committee received responses on issues raised during public hearings from the Department of Labour (DOL). Amendment of section 24(7) by clause 10 reads that “Subsection (5) does not apply to a contributor who voluntarily terminated her pregnancy”. Most of submissions object to the insertion of this clause since voluntary ...
Employment and Labour
Unemployment Insurance Amendment Bill [B25-2015]: public hearings
3 Feb 2016
The Committee held public hearings on the Unemployment Insurance Amendment Bill [B25-2015]. The Bill was endorsed by a number of agencies and labour unions although there were still concerns on some of the amendments that had been made. Formal submissions were made by a number of the labour unions, but ...
Employment and Labour
Unemployment Insurance Amendment Bill: Department of Labour on amendments proposed
30 Oct 2015
The Department of Labour took the Committee through the amendments being proposed to the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) Act, by the UIF Amendment Bill. The need to amend the Act had been suggested by the UIF Board, as it was clear that there needed to be alignment with current market ...
Mineral Resources and Energy
Ex-mineworkers: oversight priorities; Committee Report on ex-mineworkers meeting in East London
28 Oct 2015
The Portfolio Committees on Mineral Resources and Labour met jointly to discuss oversight priorities for issues affecting ex-mineworkers. The Co-Chairperson set out the history of debates and discussions on ex-mineworkers, indicating that during the Taking Parliament to the People event in 2007, the Speaker had been approached by mineworkers, who ...
Employment and Labour
National Minimum Wage: Agriculture Sector - discussion document by Research Unit
21 Oct 2015
The Research Unit Content Advisor gave the Portfolio Committee on Labour a presentation on the National Minimum Wage discussion document.
He said the impact of a minimum wage on sectors of employment such as the agricultural economy included a reduction in hours worked, a reduction in non-wage benefits, a reduction ...
Employment and Labour
Department of Labour on its Quarter 1 2015/16 performance & 2014 Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR) progress
23 Sep 2015
The Department of Labour briefed the Committee on the Quarter 1 performance and on progress with the recommendations made by the Committee in the Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report (BRRR).
Quarter 1 target performance for contribution to employment creation was 44%; promotion of equity in the labour market was 50%; ...
Employment and Labour
Department of Labour and its entities 1st Quarter performance: research report; 2014/15 Audit by Auditor-General South Africa
22 Sep 2015
The Appropriations Committee Researcher provided a brief analysis of the expenditure review of the Department of Labour (DOL) for the past five years, including the first quarter expenditure for the 2015/16 financial year.
The DOL spent 99.5 % of its budget in 2010, but achieved only 43.4 % of its ...
Employment and Labour
Mitchells Plan & Nyanga Labour Centres: Department of Labour response to Committee recommendations
18 Aug 2015
The Department of Labour had been requested to make a response to the findings of the Committee on various labour centres, but rather than confining itself to a report only on the Mitchells Plain and Nyanga Labour Centres, the Department described the problems overall, what had been done to address ...