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Article: The looming labour disaster

Posted by Ian Ollis on Sunday, February 6, 2011,

The Daily Maverick - 21 January 2011

When my ANC colleagues in Parliament told me Cosatu wanted my head on a plate, I had genuine problems understanding the reason they’re so upset. Turns out I’m just one of those bloody slave-trading labour brokers.

Truth is, I had never really met a labour broker, or in fact realised the intricacies of the difference between them and regular employment agencies. All that changed when the DA nominated me to serve on th...

Critics say employment services bill will result in a more bureaucratic labour market

Posted by Ian Ollis on Thursday, September 2, 2010,

19 August 2010 - Source: Business Report

The draft employment services bill intends to give the government an essential role in facilitating employment, but critics say centralising hiring in the Department of Labour will damage the job market.

Ian Ollis, the DA’s deputy spokesman on labour, said this week that aspects of the bill had potentially devastating consequences.

These include the establishment of a public employment service, the reporting of vacancies by the private sector ...
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Mdladlana defends labour law amendments

Posted by Ian Ollis on Wednesday, August 11, 2010,

10 August 2010 - Source: Farzana Rasool, ITWeb

The section of the Labour Relations Act governing labour broking has been removed from the draft amendment Bill, amid talk that the changes were so poorly written that they were kicked out by Cabinet.

However, the labour minister has strongly denied this, without providing the actual reasons for the repeal.

The amendments were expected to either ban labour broking altogether, or increase regulation of the practice.

The Democratic Alliance (DA) is ...

Shoddy labour-broking legislation sent back

Posted by Ian Ollis on Monday, August 9, 2010,

8 August 2010 - Source: City Press, Jan Jan Joubert

Important new labour legislation affecting labour-broking and other issues was so shoddily written the Cabinet refused to accept it and the proposed new laws have to be redrafted.

Omission of clauses relating to labour brokers, new powers for the Labour Court including exclusive jurisdiction over constitutional matters arising from labour disputes, and new powers for labour inspectors to enter premises without a warrant, are some of the ...
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Labour broking bill drags on

Posted by Ian Ollis on Thursday, July 22, 2010,

By Farzana Rasool, ITWeb journalist. Johannesburg, 30 Jun 2010

The year-end deadline for signing a Labour Relations Act (LRA) Bill into law may not be met.

Amendments are being made to the LRA, specifically regarding labour broking and its possible ban or regulation.

“No amendments have yet been finalised. The Committee has made recommendations that will be effected by the Department of Labour as soon as the report adopted by the Committee is given a green light by...

Employment statistics show how ANC is chasing its own tail on labour policy

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 ...

Cosatu’s threat on labour broking shows disregard for unemployment rate

Posted by Ian Ollis on Tuesday, March 30, 2010,

Press Release: 4 March 2010, Ian Ollis

The threat by Cosatu to “take to the streets” in support of its demand to ban labour brokers is a clear sign that the trade union has no interest in the real concerns of workers and the unemployed – if this had been the case, then Cosatu would have engaged on the topic of labour brokers and how avert abuse at the fringes of the industry. Rather, they continue to demand an outright ban on the industry, which their own research before Parliamen...

Labour minister’s renewed call for ban on labour broking is disturbing

Posted by Ian Ollis on Wednesday, February 10, 2010,

Press Release: 4 February 2010

Labour minister, Membathisi Mdladlana, has again yesterday called for a ban on labour broking. In a television interview on SABC 3, the minister indicated that he will not be drawn off his course of implementing a total ban on the labour broking industry. He further indicated that the Department of Labour would be tabling draft legislation shortly to give effect to this ban before the end of 2010.

This is a concerning new development. The fact is that this indus...