(1) Whether the (a) chief executive officer and (b) chief financial officer of entities reporting to her are employed on a permanent basis; if not,
(2) whether the specified officers are employed on a fixed term contract; if so, (a) what are the names of each of the officers and (b) when (i) was each officer employed and (ii) will each officer’s contract end?
1. Minister of Labour to respond:
As the Department of Labour we have two CEO’s, two Commissioners and two Executive Directors.
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Entity
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(a) Chief Executive Officers, Commissioner’s and Executive Directors.
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(b) Chief Financial Officer employment status
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COMPENSATION FUND
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Permanent (Commissioner)
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Permanent
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UIF
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Permanent (Commissioner)
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Permanent
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NEDLAC
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Fixed term contract (Executive Director)
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Permanent
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PRODUCTIVITY SA
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Fixed term contract (CEO)
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Permanent
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SEE*
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Fixed term contract ... |
(1) What is the :
(a) Total amount that was paid out in bonuses to employees in her department; and
(b) Detailed breakdown of the bonus that was paid out to each employee in each salary level in the 2016-17 financial year;
(2) What is the:
(a) Total estimated amount that will be paid out in bonuses to employees in her department and (b) detailed breakdown of the bonus that will be paid out to each employee in each salary level in the 2017-18 financial year?
1. (a) None
(b) N/A
(2) (a) it will be 1.5% of the compensation budget.
(b) The breakdown on the performance bonuses can only be provided once the assessment reports for the performance cycle 2017/2018 are finalised and paid.
Whether the Government has any plans to reduce damage caused by frequent strikes, which according to her department are harming the economy and the labour force and in view of her department’s latest report on industrial action in which it is stated that the labour economy lost approximately R161 million through work stoppages in 2016, which represents an increase from R116 million in 2015; if not, why not; if so, what plans? (
1. In terms of section 23 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, every worker has the right to strike. The right to strike is regulated by the Labour Relations Act which sets out the procedures for orderly strike action as well as limitations on the right to strike. Therefore any steps taken by Government in relation to strike action must be ...
Which is the detailed (a) breakdown of and (b) valuation for current and non-current assets and investments held by her (i) department and (ii) each entity reporting to her according to (aa) listed assets (aaa) directly held and (bbb) indirectly held and (bb) unlisted investments (aaa) directly held and (bbb) indirectly held by each of the entities, in each case breaking the current assets and investments down by 0-3 months, 3-6 months, 6-12 months and beyond 12 months?
1. With respect to sub-questions (a), (b) the response is “NONE”.
2. With respect to the remaining sub-questions, kindly be advised that the information that the Honourable Member seeks is contained in much greater details in the 2016/17 Annual Reports of the Department and its entities. Accordingly I respectfully refer the member to the annual reports mentioned above. NW3196E
(1)What is the current balance of funds available in the Unemployment Insurance Fund;
(2) what are the (a) projected monthly (i) contributions towards and (ii) claims against the Fund in the period from 1 September 2017 to 31 August 2018 and (b) details of the appropriate underlying assumptions for each projection, including the (i) expected unemployment rate and (ii) economic growth assumption where appropriate?
1. R110 Billion Portfolio
2. (a)(i) R1,577,304
(ii) R801,126
(b)(i)The assumption is based on the Fund’s annual actuarial valuation report as at 31 March 2017. Additional allowance for unemployment claims were made due to higher expected future unemployment rates. As per the quarterly labour force survey of 2017 Q1, unemployment increased by 1.2% over most recent quarter (from 26.5% to 27.7%). It is expected ...
Whether (a) her department and/or (b) any entities reporting to her are funding, including by way of discretionary funding, any institution of research and development (i) domestically and/or (ii) internationally; if so, (aa)(aaa) what are the names of the specified institutions and (bbb) what are their functions, (bb) from what date has her department or any entity reporting to her been funding them and (cc) what amount has her department contributed towards such funding
1. The Department funds entities under its purview and the entities do commission research from time to time as part of their operational requirements.
2. The department does conduct research on various topics that relates to operational requirements more so when developing policies.
3. The details of research that the department and its entities conduct, will find expression in the annual reports.
(1) (a) What are the names of each trade union registered in the teaching or education sector, (b) how many members does each union have in terms of the latest membership audit and (c) when was the last membership audit conducted in each case;
(2) whether any applications by trade unions for registration to the education sector are currently pending with the Registrar of Labour; if so, what are the names of each trade union whose application is still pending;
(3) (a) which trade unions registered in the teaching or education sector have previously failed to submit annual audited financial reports to the Registrar of Labour as required by the Labour Relations Act, Act 66 of 1995, as amended, and (b) of those unions, how many annual audited financial reports are still outstanding;
(4) have any trade unions registered in the teaching or education sector been declared insolvent, liquidated and placed under administration and/or business rescue and/or any other related intervention in the past five financial years; if so, (a) which trade unions and (b) what is the current status in each case?
1. The Registrar does not ‘audit’ trade union membership figures but does verify them in cases where trade unions may be parties to a bargaining council in terms of section 49 of the Labour Relations Act. The following figures are therefore the figures submitted by the respective trade unions to the office of the Registrar.
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No
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Name of Union
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Membership Figures
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Year ... |
Whether (a) her department and (b) each entity reporting to her appointed transaction advisors for tenders in the period 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2016; if so, (i) who were the transaction advisors that were appointed for the tenders, (ii) for which tenders were they appointed, (iii) what was the pricing for the tenders in question and (iv) what amount were the transaction advisors paid?
Only the Commission for Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) appointed a transaction adviser for a tender in the period 01 January 2012 – 31 December 2012 and the details are as follows;
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01 JANUARY 2012 – 31 DECEMBER 2012
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Who were the transaction advisors that were appointed for the tenders?
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(b)(ii) For which tenders were they appointed.
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(b) (iii) What ... |
(1) Which entities reporting to her (a) have a board in place and (b) do not have a board in place, (i) of those that have a board, (aa) when was each individual board member appointed and (bb) when is the term for each board lapsing and (ii) how many (aa) board members are there in each board and (bb) of those board members of each entity are female;
(2) with reference to entities that do not have boards in place, (a) who is responsible for appointing the board and (b) when will a board be appointed?
1) As the Department of Labour, we have Advisory Boards.
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Entity
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(aa)
when was each individual member appointed?
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(bb)
when is term for each board member lapsing?
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(ii) (aa)
how many board members are there in each board?
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(ii)(bb)
How many of those board members of each entity are female?
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COMPENSATION FUND
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01/2014
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12/2017
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16
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3
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UIF
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10/2014
Chairperson 02/2016
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09/2017
Chairperson 01/2019
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13 ... |
What number of jobs were lost due to automation in the 2016-17 financial year?
In the databases maintained by the Department of Labour the number of jobs lost specifically through automation is not indicated. However automation and digitisation, will certainly affect all workers in one way or the other, South Africa is no exception to this global trend.
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