Posted by Ian Ollis on Monday, January 17, 2011,
Note
to editors: The following statement was distributed this morning at a
press conference held jointly by Ian Ollis MP, DA Shadow Minister of
Labour, and George Boinamo MP, DA Shadow Deputy Minister of Labour. A
copy of the document that was presented at the press conference is
available for download
here.
Statistics South Africa’s Quarterly
Labour Force survey for the third quarter of 2010 records the fact that
one in four South Africans (25.3%) are currently unemployed, using
gov...
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Posted by Ian Ollis on Monday, December 20, 2010,
Press Release: 19 December 2010
The
Democratic Alliance notes that draft amendments to the Labour Relations
Act, Basic Conditions of Employment Act and Employment Equity Act, as
well as a new piece of proposed legislation, the Public Employment
Services Bill, have been published in the government gazette on Friday.
The
DA believes that creating a vibrant, growing economy must be at the
heart of efforts to address unemployment and alleviate poverty in South
Africa. We believe that the st... Continue reading ...
Posted by Ian Ollis on Monday, December 20, 2010,
Press Release
The Democratic Alliance notes that draft amendments
to the Labour Relations Act, Basic Conditions of Employment Act and
Employment Equity Act, as well as a new piece of proposed legislation,
the Public Employment Services Bill, have been published in the
government gazette on Friday.
The DA believes that creating a
vibrant, growing economy must be at the heart of efforts to address
unemployment and alleviate poverty in South Africa. We believe that the
state has a responsi...
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Posted by Ian Ollis on Sunday, December 19, 2010,
Times Live ~ Dec 18, 2010 7:38 PM | By BRENDAN BOYLE
The Department of Labour wants to radically redesign the workplace - and
increase state surveillance in the corporate world. The Department of
Labour has revealed a plan to radically redesign the work environment,
enforcing equal pay for equal work and setting up a state employment
agency to which every private sector job vacancy and every new hire will
have to be reported.
Four bills released for public comment on Friday
by the new...
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Posted by Ian Ollis on Thursday, September 2, 2010,
Press Release: 17 August 2010The Democratic Alliance (DA) views the draft Employment Services
Bill and its explanatory memorandum, recently leaked in the media and
currently being tabled before cabinet, as an ominous indication of an
ANC shift towards the implementation of aspects of a planned economy.
The DA believes it will hamper job creation and represents another
attempt to centralise control ahead of promoting entrepreneurship and
investment. The provisions detailed in the Bill wo...
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Posted by Ian Ollis on Thursday, September 2, 2010,
18 August 2010 - Source:
2B BusinessYet another piece of legislation with the potential for devastating
the South African economy, the Employment Services Bill, is being tabled
before Cabinet. If this Bill becomes law, it will see the Department of
Labour become a massive, centralised labour broker that decides whom
companies will employ. Contract work, seasonal work and temporary jobs
will also be strongly discouraged.
“This legislation will hamper job creation and represents another ...
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Posted by Ian Ollis on Thursday, September 2, 2010,
17 August 2010 - Source:
Business ReportDraft legislation now before Cabinet will make the labour department a
massive labour broker and severely restrict the free market in
employment, the Democratic Alliance said on Tuesday.
The draft Employment Services Bill was an ominous indication of an ANC
shift towards implementing aspects of a planned economy, DA spokesman
Ian Ollis said.
It would hamper job creation and represented another attempt to
centralise control ahead of promoting entr...
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Posted by Ian Ollis on Monday, May 17, 2010,
Press Release: 4 May 2010
Figures released today by
Statistics South Africa show a 0.9% increase in unemployment in the
first quarter, to 25.2%. This means that 171 000 jobs were lost between
the fourth quarter of 2009 and the first quarter of 2010. The further
rise in unemployment is particularly concerning given that there are
signs of recovery elsewhere in the economy.
Since the fourth quarter
of 2008, unemployment has risen 3.3%; this amounts to one million more
unemployed people in...
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Posted by Ian Ollis on Tuesday, March 30, 2010,
Press Release:23 March 2010, Ian Ollis
The Quarterly Employment
Statistics (QES) for December 2009 released today by StatsSA show that
351 000 jobs were lost between December 2008 and 2009. This is a severe
indictment of ANC economic policy geared towards creating “decent jobs” –
as combined losses in manufacturing and construction sums up to 152 000
– or 43.3% of jobs lost. (see table below)
The construction industry
has suffered the biggest reduction in the number of employees ...
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