There is no such thing as "the surplus value of labour". There is labour-power, surplus labour, surplus value, and profit. These things are distinct from each other.
Employment Tax Incentive may have the effect of reducing the cost of some labour power, for some employers, in some circumstances. Reducing the cost of labour power does not guarantee surplus labour, surplus value or profit. A good study of Karl Marx's "Capital" will assist in understanding this question. *VC* On 17 October 2013 11:11, Cibi <[email protected]> wrote: > Will I be wrong to say this bill while it will have an effect of youth > employment the net effect might be replacement. What I find difficult is > the using the tax contributions from workers( majority poor and low paid) > to double the surplus value of labour, in essence doubling profits for > employers. This billis does not have a mechanism that will encourage > reinvestment in the country to also increase Job creation. The penalties > are not stipulated thus leaving a door for manipulation of the intended > prohibition. I am convinced this works to no advantage for both the working > and unemployed. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 17 Oct 2013, at 10:21 AM, Khaya Xaba <[email protected]> wrote: > > *YCLSA Press Statement * > > October 17, 2013 > > *YCLSA Rejects the Employment Tax Incentive Bill* > > The Young Communist League of South Africa [uFasimba] has noted that the > National Treasury’s ‘Draft Employment Tax Incentive Bill’ represents the > re-introduction of a youth wage subsidy under a different name. > > The ‘Draft Employment Tax Incentive Bill’ is a product of consistent > efforts by the Treasury, which is the highway of entry and has become the > harbour of neoliberal ideology in our government. The Treasury has been > pushing for the youth wage subsidy for a sustained period of time now. > However, its ‘Draft Employment Tax Incentive Bill’ which represents the > continuity and no change to the youth wage subsidy appears to have been > rushed. This is partly reflected by simple errors in the Bill such as > references to “counsel” instead of council with regards to bargaining > councils. > > The Bill misleadingly appears as if it seeks to prevent the likely > displacement of employed workers, especially older and non-qualifying > employees. The displacement is more likely become a phenomenon as a > strategy of the employers by shifting from older and non-qualifying > employees to qualifying employees in order to benefit from the youth wage > subsidy – “employment tax incentive”. A mere reference to unfair and > automatically unfair dismissals which the Bill promises to act against > through a penalty will not prevent the displacement of older and > non-qualifying employees. > > Should the Treasury have done research it would have noticed that since > the inception of the philosophy of fair labour relations in South Africa > introduced under the Labour Relations Act, Act 66 of 1995, there are > millions of workers who lost their jobs in the economy through avenues of a > fair dismissal. There is nothing in the Bill that prevents employers from > following similar avenues to displace older and non-qualifying employees as > they shift focus to benefitting from the youth wage subsidy through the > exploitation of younger, low paid, and thus qualifying employees. > > The Bill moves from an ill-advised premise concerning minimum wages, > especially those that are determined through collective bargaining. It > proposes that the employers who are bound by collective bargaining > agreements extended by the Minister of Labour in terms of Section 32 of the > Labour Relations Act can only qualify for the “incentive” (subsidy) if they > pay workers the minimum wages prescribed in those agreements, assuming that > the set minimum wages do not exceed the ceiling of R6000 per month per > employee. This ignores at least four facts. > > Firstly, it is not all collective bargaining agreements that are extended > by the Minister of Labour in terms of Section 32 of the Labour Relations > Act. Not all collective bargaining takes place under the auspices of > bargaining councils. > > Secondly, there are higher than minimum rates of wages that are paid in > terms of collective agreements. The proposal by the Treasury is likely to > erode the higher than minimum rates of wages because the employers are more > likely to enforce minimum rates of wages as a strategy to qualify for the > subsidy. > > Thirdly, the R6000 qualifying ceiling has nothing to do with offering > young people through employment to acquire scares and critical skills > because employment in such skills is generally remunerated at more than the > set ceiling. > > Lastly, the proposal by the Treasury seeks to build a low-road employment > strategy based on cheap labour, and will thus deepen the rate of the > economic exploitation of workers by the capitalists. The subsidy that the > Treasury is obsessed with is not a stipend for trainees undergoing > disciplined and well-structured skills development programmes. > > In its very essence, the proposal has the effect of undermining > well-structured and disciplined skills development programmes such as > apprenticeships, learnerships, internships and experiential training. Since > the beginning of transition to democracy in 1994 there are many employers > who, for racist and neoliberal reasons, among others, increasingly avoided > these training programmes. Some of the employers, has the Treasury bordered > to do some research, were actually comfortable in abusing these programmes > by subjecting workers to production for profit instead of providing them > with the training they were engaged for. > > The YCLSA is firmly opposed to youth wage subsidy. Depending on the > direction taken by the Treasury the YCLSA will canvas among its peers and > other progressive formations for, and lead, sustained mass mobilisation > against the youth wage subsidy. The least the Treasury can do if it is > indeed interested in scarce and critical skills is to establish an > incentive scheme to expand funding for apprenticeships, leanerships, > internships, experiential training and assessments for recognition of prior > learning as well as the National Student Financial Aid Scheme. This should > be coupled with energy in driving the introduction of quality free > education. > > Most importantly, the Treasury must be interested in the structural > transformation of the economy. It will take a qualitatively different > growth path and economic development in addition to well-structured and > disciplined skills development programmes to address the problem of > unemployment. > > We will also join the Congress of South African Trade Unions [COSATU] in > their mass action and support their section 77 application at NEDLAC. > > Issued by Buti Manamela YCLSA National Secretary @butimanamela > > For more information contact: > > Khaya Xaba > > YCLSA National Spokesperson > > Cell: 071 115 4619 > > Tel: 011 339 3621 > > Email: [email protected] > > @YCLSA @chedetachment > > > > > > -- > -- > You are subscribed. This footer can help you. > Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to > this message. > You can visit the group WEB SITE at > http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery > options, pages, files and membership. > To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected]. > You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. 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