LABOURinfo

The has installed WiFi at all labour centres for clients to freely access Department of Employment and Labour services and its entities online.

The is warning clients about social media scams where individuals are posing as officials and charging a fee for expediting claims. Applying for benefits is a free service, and the Fund will never require a client to pay for fast-tracking a claim.

WHAT A WAY TO KICK OFF WOMAN’S MONTH!!! ⚽️
Such a nail biting match!!!! You have made HISTORY 🇿🇦 and the nation is soooooo proud!!!

The is warning clients about the latest scam circulating on social media.

In the case note column, De Rebus News Reporter, Kgomotso Ramotsho writes that the court may grant leave to appeal and deal with a matter even though it is moot. Click here to read the article: https://www.derebus.org.za/the-court-may-grant-leave-to-appeal-and-deal-with-a-matter-even-though-it-is-moot/

In the practice management column this month, Practitioner Support Supervisor at the Legal Practitioners’ Fidelity Fund, Arniv Badal discusses the consequences of misconduct. https://www.derebus.org.za/consequences-of-misconduct/

Listen to Deputy Director: Compliance Siphamandla Gumede being interviewed on Imvula FM at 19:30 tonight, 29 May 2023.

Please visit bit.ly/3P69Pu6 to view and apply for the latest & Department of Employment and Labour vacancies.

is a serious disease and can be deadly when undetected and not treated early🦠.

Here's how you can keep yourself and your family safe at home. 🚰🧼🤲

School should be a place of:
Learning📚
Safety🚸
Nurturing💙
Fun🤸
Growth👤

As the 2023 school year gets underway, let us all work together to make this a reality in South Africa.

The will process claims of former Educator Assistants in Zululand District, KwaZulu-Natal, from 9-20 January 2023 (excluding weekends).

Only clients who were employed in Zululand will be assisted since their data is captured. Dates for other districts will be shared soon.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=439625901535334&id=100064637833216

https://www.facebook.com/317334672689/posts/10159493030657690/

MEDIA RELEASE

27 September 2022

Curtain falls on joint Department of Employment and CCMA’s EE workshops and now spotlight shifts to 2022 EE report submission

Department of Employment and Labour Assistant Director: Policy Development, Innocent Makwarela has implored employers to submit their employment equity (EE) reports on time to prevent falling on the wrong side of the law.

“We would like to implore employers to submit reports on time. The EE amendments are coming and this is exciting time for the labour market,” he said.

Makwrela was speaking in Bloemfontein today, 27 September 2022 during the joint Department of Employment and Labour, and the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) 2022 Employment Equity workshop. He said employers in the Free State as presented in the 2021 Commission for Employment Equity Annual Report submitted 769 reports – which constitutes 2,6 percent of the national figure.

He said the province has a lot to do to uplift the unskilled, an area that was beginning to be dominated by foreign workers.

Makwarela said the EE reporting season opened on 01 September 2022 and the online reporting will close on 15 January 2023. He said when reporting employers must make sure that they have their analysis documents (documents detailing minutes, discussions etc.) and EE plans in place.
“To date, we have received 1015 reports,” he said.

The Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998 intends: to provide for employment equity; and to provide for matters incidental thereto. Its purpose is to promote equal opportunity and fair treatment in employment through the elimination of unfair discrimination; and implementing affirmative action measures to redress the disadvantages in employment experienced by designated groups, in order to ensure their equitable representation in all occupational categories and levels in the workforce.

The EE Act empowers a labour inspector the authority to enter, question and inspect as provided for in section 65 and 66 of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act. It further empowers the labour inspector to request and obtain a written undertaking from a designated employer to comply. Failure to give and/or comply with a written undertaking may result in an inspector issuing a compliance order.

A designated employer must prepare and implement an employment equity plan which will achieve reasonable progress towards employment equity in that employer’s workforce.

It is an offence to obstruct or attempt to improperly influence any person who is exercising a power or performing a function in terms of this Act; or knowingly give false information in any document or information provided to the Director-General or a labour inspector in terms of this Act. A person who contravenes a provision of this section commits an offence and may be sentenced to a fine.

Today’s workshop marked the end of a national series of advocacy programme held throughout the country under the theme: “Real transformation makes business sense”. It follows other similar workshops held in Kimberley, Mahikeng, Rustenburg; Thohoyandou, Polokwane; Mbombela, Emalahleni; Welkom; Richards Bay, Pietermaritzburg, Durban; Gqeberha, East London; George, Cape Town; Pretoria, Johannesburg, and the Vaal.

The EE workshops started on 17 August. The objective of the workshops was:

- Publicising the Gazetted Code of Good Practice on elimination of and prevention harassment in the workplace;
- Present on 2021-2022 EE Annual Report (22nd EE Annual Report);
- The 2022 EE Online reporting; and
- CCMA: Case law of all types of harassment.

The workshops were aimed at employers or heads of organisations, academics, assigned senior managers, consultative forum members, human resource practitioners, trade unions representatives and employees.

For media enquiries kindly contact:

Teboho Thejane
Departmental Spokesperson
082 697 0694 /[email protected]

-ENDS-

Issued by: Department of Employment and Labour

Give your business a competitive advantage and consult with LabourInfo or become an employee that cannot be taken advantage of and consult with us here at LabourInfo.

An opportunity for disabled Youth.

Good morning, Department of Home Affairs in collaboration with the Department of Employment and Labour calls for youth in the 18-35 age bracket and People with Disabilities (PWDs), to register on ESSA and apply for this enriching opportunity. Candidates that are already registered on ESSA do not have to visit the Labour Centres and can apply for this positions Online.

During the tenure of the contract, the youth will receive continuous learning and development interventions to improvetheir skills for optimal performance and to equip them for future employment and / or entrepreneurial opportunities.

The fixed term contract for the youth will be aligned to the duration of the project, running from 1 November 2022 until 31 October 2025. Successful candidates will be placed in the Department's offices in Gauteng and North West.

All posts require relevant qualifications as indicated below from TVET, University of Technology or University.

To apply for placement, young people are urged to visit https://essa.labour.gov.za/EssaOnline/WebBeans to REGISTER and APPLY FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. Applications should be submitted online or visit their closest Labour Centre of the Department of Employment and Labour.

Should you receive notice that you have been selected for shortlisting, you will be required to present the following documents:

· Copy of qualifications

· Copy of identity document

Successfully candidates will be subjected to suitability checks (Citizenship, Credit, Criminal and Qualification Verification).