NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
INTERNAL QUESTION
QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY
11 SEPTEMBER 2009
1156. Ms A M Dreyer (DA) to ask the Minister for the Public Service and
Administration:
Whether his department uses temporary employment services and/or
labour brokers; if so,
(a) why,
(b) how many positions have been filled by temporary employment
services in the (i) 2006-07, (ii) 2007-08 and (iii) 2008-09 financial
years,
(c) what percentage of the total staff complement did temporary
employment services contribute in each of these years and
(d) how much money has been spent on temporary employment services in
each year? NW1491E
Reply:
The Department for Public Service and Administration uses temporary
employment services (contract workers) and/or labour brokers.
(a) The reason for employing temporary staff:
- To bridge the gap when a vacancy exists and the department is
engaged in the process of recruitment in terms of the legislative
framework (i.e. advertising, shortlisting, interviewing, security
vetting and processing formal approval to Executive Authority (or
delegated person) as well as awaiting nomineeâs assumption of duty);
- To perform work of a temporary nature, posts were not created to
perform the job, but persons were employed additional to the approved
establishment on a contract basis to temporarily increase the staff
for this purpose (i.e. PILIR project, Center for Public Service and
Innovation during 2006/2007); and
- Personnel Agencies were utilised to identify temporary staff within
the shortest timeframe to assist the department when the need arose to
continue with service delivery (i.e. Administrator posts).
(b) The number of persons employed on a temporary basis in the
relevant financial years:
| |2006/2007 |2007/2008 |2008/2009 |
|Contract |27 |20 |24 |
|workers | | | |
|Personnel |18 |7 |4 |
|Agency workers | | | |
|Total |45 |27 |28 |
(c) the percentage of the total staff complement the temporary
employment
services contributed in each of these years
| |2006/2007 |2007/2008 |2008/2009 |
|Contract |6.7% |5% |6.2% |
|workers | | | |
|Personnel |4.5% |1.7% |1% |
|Agency workers | | | |
|Total |11.2% |6.7% |7.2% |
(d) Budget spent on temporary employment services in each year within
the
DPSA
| |2006/2007 |2007/2008 |2008/2009 |
|Contract |R5,976,735 |R6,522,382 |R8,113,828 |
|workers | | | |
|Personnel |R 647,315 |R 833,534 |R 181,276 |
|Agency workers | | | |
|Total |R6,624,050 |R7,355,916 |R8,295,104 |