Please explain what you mean Cde Gugu.
On 20 July 2011 08:22, <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > Highly defeatist! > > Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you! > ------------------------------ > *From: * Dominic Tweedie <[email protected]> > *Sender: * [email protected] > *Date: *Wed, 20 Jul 2011 08:13:57 +0200 > *To: *<[email protected]> > *ReplyTo: * [email protected] > *Subject: *[YCLSA Discussion] Government to expand labour inspectorate > > > [image: Business Day] > > > *State to spend R60m vetting labour brokers * > > *Government will employ additional inspectors to monitor labour brokers > and ensure they adhere to regulations being amended * > > > *Alistair Anderson, Business Day, Johannesburg, 20 July 2011* > > THE government has set aside R60m to employ additional inspectors to > monitor labour brokers and ensure they adhere to regulations being amended, > Labour Minister Nelisiwe Oliphant said yesterday. > > Employing inspectors for the next financial year, in categories such as > enforcing labour law and ensuring workers’ safety, was a priority, she said > in Pretoria. > > While the government still saw labour broking in an unfavourable light, Ms > Oliphant said talks were being held at the National Economic, Development > and Labour Council (Nedlac) between the government, unions and business to > address problems in labour broking legislation. > > Both the government and unions have voiced concern that labour brokers > often abuse workers’ rights, but the government has also conceded that > millions of people are employed by labour brokers. Unions have repeatedly > raised the banning of labour brokers as a wage and benefits demand during > strikes. > > "A central objective of the current round of amendments to labour > legislation is to deal with the increase in labour broking and, in > particular, with the abuses associated with the practice and the way in > which it deprives many workers of basic protections under labour law," Ms > Oliphant said yesterday. > > The labour bills being discussed at Nedlac are the Basic Conditions of > Employment Act, the Employment Equity Act, the Labour Relations Act and > Employment Services Bill . > > Ms Oliphant said a team at Nedlac was engaging on the amendments and "had > decided to discuss changes under a number of themes and to broaden the scope > of amendments further". > > "I am pleased to report that the work in Nedlac is progressing well and > there is a meeting of minds on a number of issues. New legal drafting has > started on the following issues including fixed-term contracts; temporary > employment agencies; part-time work; and probation." > > She said because of the urgency attached to the amendments, three meetings > were "in the pipeline at Nedlac to continue with the discussion". A meeting > is scheduled for tomorrow and two more meetings for next month. > > "As government, we have agreed with the social partners to reopen > discussion on the key issues that require legal amendments before proceeding > with legal drafting. > > "I am sure that we all want certainty about the new legal framework as soon > as possible and time is, therefore, of the essence. > > "But while speed in finalising the process is important, we would want a > final product that enjoys the support of organised business and organised > labour," she said. > > Ms Oliphant said labour statutes needed to be "simple" and "coherent". > During the public hearing the bills were criticised for their "incoherent" > and "confusing" wording. > > "In addition to enjoying the support of our social partners, our labour > legislation must meet two additional criteria. > > "First, labour statutes should be simple. Labour law guides the courts, > employers and employees as well as labour organisations … and it should be > understandable. Second, our labour laws need to be coherent. At a time when > we are amending three statutes and introducing a fourth, it is imperative > that we have coherence between statutes." > > She hoped the bills would be drafted by November. But Ian Ollis, the > Democratic Alliance’s spokesman on labour, said the process may take longer. > "Only one section of one bill has been completed," he said. > > *[email protected]* > > > *From: http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/Content.aspx?id=148711* > * * > * * > * * > > -- > You are subscribed. 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