NW2467E - 14 October 2016

Ian Michael Ollis to ask the Minister of Labour

(1) (a) Why did her department’s expenditure on advertising increase by R11 million from the 2014-15 to the 2015-16 financial year and (b) what is the detailed breakdown of the specified expenditure; (2) why did her department’s operating lease increase by R34,6 million from the 2014-15 to the 2015-16 financial year?

Reply from the Minister of Labour on 14 Oct 2016

(a) The increase in expenditure in the 2015/16 financial year was mainly as a result of an increase of advertising for awareness campaigns in respect of Labour Laws.

(b)

PURPOSE

PAYMENTS RO GCIS

Campaign: Employment Equity Awards

1,240,969.63

Campaign: Employment Equity Phase 2

662,754.96

Campaign: Child Labour

1,199,876.44

Campaign: Employment Equity Road Shows

907,578.84

Campaign: Domestic Worker Increases

495,083.45

Campaign: Domestic Wage Increases

327,121.77 ...

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NW2408E - 23 September 2016

Dean William Macpherson to ask the Minister of Labour

What amount did (a) her department and (b) each entity reporting to her spend on advertising on the (i) Africa News Network 7 channel, (ii) SA Broadcasting Corporation (aa) television channels and (bb) radio stations, (iii) national commercial radio stations and (iv) community (aa) television and (bb) radio stations (aaa) in the 2015-16 financial year and (bbb) since 1 April 2016?

NW2373E - 23 September 2016

Thomas Zwelakhe Hadebe to ask the Minister of Labour

(1) Whether each Head of Department (HOD) of her department signed a performance agreement since their appointment; if not, (a) what is the total number of HODs who have not signed performance agreements, (b) what is the reason in each case, (c) what action has she taken to rectify the situation and (d) what consequences will the specified HOD face for failing to sign the performance agreements; if so, (i) when was the last performance assessment of each HOD conducted and (ii) what were the results in each case; Friday, 23 September 2016 771 INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 29 - 2016 (2) whether any of the HODs who failed to sign a performance agreement received a performance bonus since their appointment; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) at what rate and (b) what criteria were used to determine the specified rate; (3) whether any of the HODs who signed a performance agreement received a performance bonus since their appointment; if so, (a) at what rate and (b) what criteria were used to determine the rate?

Reply from the Minister of Labour on 23 Sep 2016

Response regarding Performance Management of the Head of Department of labour (HOD)

1. (a) None

(i) 2015116

(ii) Satisfactory

2. None;

3. None

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NW2338E - 23 September 2016

B B Bozzoli to ask the Minister of Labour

What formal qualifications does each of her department’s (a)(i) Chief Financial Officers and/or (ii) acting Chief Financial Officers and (b)(i) Directors-General and/or (ii) acting Directors-General possess?

Reply from the Minister of Labour on 23 Sep 2016

(a)(i) Chief Financial Officers

Department and Funds

Qualifications

  1. (aa) Department of Labour

Bachelor of Accounting Science

 

Honours in Accounting and Finance

   
  1. (aa) Unemployment Insurance Fund

Bachelor of Accounting Science

 

Honours in Business Administration

   
  1. (aa) Compensation

Bachelor of Accounting Science

 

Honours Bachelor of Commerce

 

Qualified as a Charted Accountant (SA)

(b) (i) Director General

Department and Funds ...

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NW2117E - 09 September 2016

Ian Michael Ollis to ask the Minister of Labour

Are there any (a) building restrictions or (b) legal constraints preventing the contractors from continuing the work on the M1/Grayston Drive pedestrian and cyclist structural bridge in Johannesburg, Gauteng; if not, (i) why has work on the bridge halted, (ii) why has the inquiry into the collapse of the specified bridge been delayed until March 2017, (iii) who gave the instructions for the specified inquiry to be delayed for so long and (iv) why could the expert not appear before inquiry in the next few weeks to answer the new set of questions and allow the enquiry to continue?

Reply from the Minister of Labour on 9 Sep 2016

(a) Yes 

(b) Yes  

(i) Safest method to build bridge not agreed to by all parties.

(ii) Waiting for outstanding information from the investigating team of the parties involved.  The second cause of delay is the non availability of the counsel team of the parties involved.

(iii) The Presiding Inspector

(iv) An agreement was reached between all parties relating to the new date ...

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NW2052E - 02 September 2016

Ian Michael Ollis to ask the Minister of Labour

Whether she has conducted an investigation into allegations that staff members of the Port Elizabeth Labour Office are (a) claiming stress leave while working on their own businesses, (b) being paid for sick leave for numerous years while processing unemployment insurance fund applications incorrectly and/or (c) using any state resources to Friday, 2 September 2016 666 INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 26 - 2016 conduct private business; if not, in each case, what is the position in this regard; if so, in each case, (i) what is the current status of each specified investigation, (ii) what were the outcomes of each completed investigation and (iii) what are the further relevant details?

Reply from the Minister of Labour on 2 Sep 2016

(a) Yes

(b) Yes

(c) Yes

(i) Investigations in all respect on-going

(ii) Outcomes are pending

(iii) None

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NW1953E - 26 August 2016

Zakhele Njabulo Mbhele to ask the Minister of Labour

Whether the death claim of a certain person (name and details furnished) lodged with the Compensation Commissioner (details furnished) on 23 May 2014 has been finalised; if not, (a) why not, (b) what is the current status of the specified claim and (c) by when will the specified claim be finalised; if so, on what date was the (i) specified claim finalised, (ii) wife of the deceased informed of the finalisation of the specified claim and (iii) any compensation due paid over to the wife of the deceased?

Reply from the Minister of Labour on 26 Aug 2016

The claim has been finalized

(a) Not applicable,

(b) Finalized and

(c) Finalized on 20 October 2016;
(i) Claim finalized on 10 October 2016
(ii) Yes and
(iii) Yes

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2016-w1434 - 11 July 2016

Gregory Rudy Krumbock to ask the Minister of Labour

(1) (a) On what date did her department last conduct an inspection of the Edleen Primary School in Kempton Park, Gauteng, through the inspection and enforcement services in line with the Occupational Health and Safety Act, Act 85 0f 1993, as amended, (b) what were the findings of the specified inspection and (c) how often is her department compelled by law to inspect work environment in line with (i) the specified Act and (ii) any other legislation; (2) (a) when will her department conduct such an inspection at the specified school, given the structural damage to the school’s building and (b) when will such a report be made public?

2016-w1462 - 11 July 2016

Choloane David Matsepe to ask the Minister of Labour

whether the (a) Chloorkop Primary School in Kempton Park in Gauteng and (b) the Gauteng Department of Education have adhered fully to her department’s asbestos Regulations, 2001, Government notice 155 of 10 February 2002; if not, in each case, which aspects of the specified regulations have not been adhered to; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) whether the specified (a) school and (b) provincial department undertook (i) initial assessments and (ii) follow up assessments in line with Regulation 7 of the specified regulations, which pertains to the assessment of potential exposure, since the commencement of the specified regulations; if not, in each case, (aa) why not and (bb) what action did her department take to ensure compliance; if so in each case, (aaa) on which date(s) were each of the assessment reports completed and (bbb) what were the findings; (3) whether her department has ever visited the specified (a) school and /or (b) provincial department since the commencement of the specified regulations to ensure full compliance; if not, why not in each case; if so, on what dates in each case?

2016-w1551 - 11 July 2016

Semakaleng Patricia Kopane to ask the Minister of Labour

(a) What amount did (i) her department and (ii) each entity reporting to her spend on advertising in the 2015-16 financial year and (b) how much has (i) department and (ii) each entity reporting to her budgeted for advertising in the 2016-17 financial year?
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