1. The Department of Employment and Labour is not privy to information relating to the usage of Private Employment Agencies (PEAs) and Temporary Employment Services (TES) for recruitment purposes by other government departments.
The position of the Department with regard to the PEAs and TES is as follows: DEL registers Private Employment Agencies and Temporary Employment Services organisations in terms of section 13 (4) of the Employment Services Act, No. 4 of 2014 and also regulates their functioning.
Currently, as part of the transitional process, the PEAs are regulated in terms of section 24 of the Skills Development Act, No. 97 of 1998 as amended and Regulation 608 of June 2000. The New Regulations for PEAs and TES in term of the Employment Services Act are currently with the State Law advisors for final certification before the Minister can publish them in the Government Gazette.
The rest of the questions (1) (a), (b) and (2) are therefore not applicable