The Committee was informed that Phases 3 and 4 of the project had lost a total of 312 days of work. This was attributed to 201 days lost as a result of rain and 111 days lost due to industrial action. The industrial action was caused by unhappiness among the employees who would not receive gratuity packages on completion of the project. The Inyaka Dam employees were made aware that employees at the Nandoni Dam project would receive such a benefit and also demanded the same. The Department argued that gratuity packages were not part of the agreement that was made with employees at the inception of the project. Despite the fact that the CCMA ruled in favour of the Department, the Committee expressed its concern at the different standards applied in respect of workers at the two projects, Nandoni and Inyaka.