PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION- NO 2060 (NW2459E )
Question Asked by: Mr. A Louw
Question Asked to: Minister of Labour
Question:
1. Whether the department uses the services of any temporary employment
agency to provide staff or workers, if so, in each case, (a) how many
staff/workers does temporary employment agencies provide, (b) where do
these people work, (c) has the department established any agreements
or relationships with these agencies or associations that represent
them; if so what are the relevant details; if not, why not
2. Whether any first time job seekers registered with the departments
ESSA database, if so, (a) how many registered in (i) 2005, (ii) 2006,
(iii) 2007, (iv) 2009, (vi) 2010 to date, (b) how many found
employment through this database?
Minister of Labour replies:
1. The Department does not make use of any temporary employment agency to
provide staff or workers. Therefore (a) Not applicable; (b) Not
applicable and (c) is also not applicable.
2. The ESSA system database was only rolled out in 2007. Therefore (a)(i)
and (ii) are not applicable. The work seekers registered with the
Department are referred to training, careers counseling and placement
in job opportunities depending on their needs. Those specifically
placed in employment are provided below for the periods: 2007-08; 2008-
09, 2009-10 and 2010-11 quarter 1(April 2010 to June 2010).
|No.|Statistical|Total |Total Placements |% first time |
| |year |Registrations per |per year |job seekers |
| | |year | | |
|1. |2007-08 |169059 |5578 |59% |
|2. |2008-09 |421686 |14898 |61% |
|3. |2009-10 |636140 |7008 |60% |
|4. |2010-11 |97596 |2793 |56% |
| |(Q1) | | | |