Dear Cde Gugu, I don't think you can ask for a law without asking for monitoring of compliance with that law, which means an inspectorate in this case.
There is already law against the abuse of temporary work, but there is no adequate monitoring. I agree with you to that extent Cde Gugu, if you mean that the inspectorate has not been good in the past. Not even under Snuki Zikalala when he was DG of the DoL. Snuki used to get the TV cameras to come and record him personally terrorising some employer. Snuki then went back to TV full-time. The inspectorate will never be a substitute for trade-union vigilance. R60m extra will not make a lot of difference. All you can say is that it highlights the problem. It takes us back to the beginning: Why did we think that the government was going to fight a class war on behalf of the workers? Was it not an abdication? VC On 20 July 2011 08:53, <[email protected]> wrote: > Inspectors are currently a problem as we speak. Soliciting bribes ; this > really doesn't speak to the issue at hand- workers being underpaid, > unbearable working conditions and no Arbitration for aggrieved workers > > This just asserts that we are no way near banning them and a tacit decision > has been taken despite consultation through public submissions, which > overwhelmingly opposed Labour brokers > > Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you! > ------------------------------ > *From: * "Trevor Kekana" <[email protected]> > *Sender: * [email protected] > *Date: *Wed, 20 Jul 2011 08:31:27 +0200 > *To: *<[email protected]> > *ReplyTo: * [email protected] > *Subject: *RE: [YCLSA Discussion] Government to expand labour inspectorate > > Gugu,**** > > ** ** > > I think I must familiarise myself with that resolution. Did Polokwane > resolve to ban labour brokers or did Congress resolve to regulate labour > brokers?**** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *[email protected] > *Sent:* 20 July 2011 08:22 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [YCLSA Discussion] Government to expand labour inspectorate > **** > > ** ** > > 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". 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