Browsing Archive: October, 2009
Posted by Ian Ollis on Thursday, October 22, 2009,
The Department of Labour (DoL) has admitted that the
software used for the workers compensation fund is so flawed that “[it] cannot
possibly account for each claim in the system, and it cannot tell us the status
of that claim”. This means that workers injured on site would not be able to
receive prompt payment on a filed claim against the fund as they are legally
entitled to.
Fund commissioner Shadrack Mkhonto told the portfolio committee on labour
that the situation has deterior... Continue reading ...
Posted by Ian Ollis on Thursday, October 22, 2009,
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October 2009
The Department of Labour has failed miserably in its mandate to create job
opportunities and train workers. In the 2008/09 financial year it underspent 51%
of the money allocated to the National Skills Fund. This is an indictment, and
suggests the department’s plans for responding to the global economic downturn
have not been properly implemented. Importantly, the Minister of Labour,
Membathisi Mdladlana, now needs to account for these shortcomings. The DA will
put th... Continue reading ...
Posted by Ian Ollis on Thursday, October 22, 2009,
OP ED piece in the Business Report of the Sunday Independent
Labour Broking has for years been a worldwide phenomena. Labour brokers in many countries find temporary work for all kinds of skilled and unskilled workers in a vast range of industries. When large infrastructure projects
such as the Gautrain, the underwater New York tunnel, or the new Bankok International Airport are built, labour brokers find skilled workers with the scarce skill sets needed for such projects. Some engineers enjoy ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Ian Ollis on Thursday, October 22, 2009,
JOINT STATEMENT BY ANDREW LOUW, MP, WILLIE MADISHA, MP, AND IAN OLLIS, MP, DA SHADOW MINISTER OF LABOUR, COPE SPOKESPERSON AND DA DEPUTY SHADOW MINISTER OF LABOUR
Release: 8 October 2009
Yesterday’s
disruption of the public hearings on labour brokers in Germiston is a
mutilation on the dignity of parliament and cannot be tolerated. These
hearings are in fact nothing but a charade, with the ANC and Cosatu
making a farcical pretence at “discussing” an issue on which they have
in fact made ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Ian Ollis on Thursday, October 22, 2009,
5 OCTOBER 2009 Today’s
provincial public hearings on labour brokers are in complete disarray.
After the labour portfolio committee arrived at site at Matshabi in the Free
State, it became clear that nothing has been arranged for the actual
hearing – the Speaker of the House was only informed of the hearings
this morning. This goes to prove that the public hearings: - Were not adequately advertised,
- Were badly planned from the start and badly executed, and
- Will not serve as a vehicle for full ...
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Posted by Ian Ollis on Thursday, October 22, 2009,
STATEMENT BY ANDREW LOUW, MP, PHILLIP DEXTER, MP, AND IAN OLLIS, MP DA SHADOW MINISTER OF LABOUR, COPE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AND DA SHADOW DEPUTY MINISTER OF LABOUR
Release: 1 October 2009
Labour
brokers, or Temporary Employment Services, have become prominent
role-players in the South African economy where they facilitate job
creation, train workers and assist businesses to operate in the most
effective possible way. The
industry generates turnover of in excess of R23 billion per annum an... Continue reading ...
Posted by Ian Ollis on Thursday, October 22, 2009,
29 September 2009
The
admission by twelve SETAs during the Labour portfolio committee
sittings over September that they have not trained a single retrenched
worker is a serious indictment of government’s much touted economic
rescue plan. Government has missed the boat – thousands of workers face
unemployment and yet the ANC government is doing what it does best:
sitting with their arms folded and waiting for another round of
intervention while urgent needs are not addressed.
Here are th... Continue reading ...
Posted by Ian Ollis on Thursday, October 22, 2009,
Release: 9 September 2009
The
admission by three SETAs (Construction, Media and Local Government)
during yesterday’s Labour portfolio committee sitting that they have
not trained a single retrenched worker is a serious indictment of
government’s much touted economic rescue plan. The
DA believes the SETA system is badly conceived from first principles
(it does not give people the right skills and the private sector has to
retrain them) but, if yesterday’s portfolio briefing is anything ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Ian Ollis on Thursday, October 22, 2009,
STATEMENT BY ANDREW LOUW, MP AND IAN OLLIS, MP DA SHADOW MINISTER OF LABOUR AND DA SHADOW DEPUTY MINISTER OF LABOUR
19 AUGUST 2009 The Tripartite Alliance is hell-bent on shutting down all forms of labour brokering in South Africa and
the process for amending legislation kicks off this week! The proposed
amendments to legislation such as the Labour Relations Act (LRA) and
the Basic Conditions of Employment Act (BCEA) will affect most
employers in South Africa, with the ANC’s aim being to put
... Continue reading ...
Posted by Ian Ollis on Tuesday, October 6, 2009,
Ian Ollis, Shadow Deputy Minister of Labour
19 June 2009 South
Africa has now entered a recession that we had hoped to avoid. This
will have a profound effect on employment and if we look at the number
of new jobs created in the past financial year, through the efforts of
the Department of Labour, then we are never going to achieve anything
like the 500 000 jobs that have been promised by the President. Radical
changes would need to be brought to the budget and business plan of the
labour depar... Continue reading ...
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