Department Of Employment And Labour
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Nomakhosazana Meth: Employment and Labour
SCORE: E Despite her efforts to make the department a more proactive facilitator of job creation, Meth still faces an unemployment rate above 30% at the end of 2025. The…
Business Unity SA takes labour department to court over employment equity targets
The organisation has criticised the way the Act was devised and says it risks damaging the economy
Employers get more responsibilities amid equity amendments
Employers need to make sure they are informed about the new regulations, which fall under the Employment Equity Act, and are compliant
Union demands pension fund for domestic workers
About 850 000 people are employed as domestic workers in South Africa, contributing to 5.2% of the country’s total employment
Draft regulations on hazardous chemical agents leave farmworkers at risk
South Africa must exit pesticide treadmill, civil society groups say This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers. Get Your Free Account The Mail & Guardian is…
Young people want to work, not wait
A skilled, educated, economically supported youth is the bedrock of a strong democracy
Preliminary findings show compliance gap led to George building collapse
The death toll in the George building collapse has reached 33 and 19 people are still missing This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers. Get Your Free…
JSE-listed clothing retailers want labour department to shut down sweatshops
The South African Clothing and Textile Workers Union has said people are working from 10 to 16 hours a day, seven days a week for as little as R120 to R200 a week
Truck drivers lament government’s slow moves to fix sector
The transport department says it is working on an 11-point plan to clean up the logistics industry and force businesses to comply with laws
Limpopo couple lodges civil action with labour department for equal parenting leave and benefits
Fathers argue that section 25 to 27 of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act is discriminatory because the leave is too little for them to participate in childcare
Do we know what we are doing with the jobs problem?
Is joblessness a result of a lack of skills or low growth, or is low growth a result of lack of skills? Government is not speaking with one voice
Denel’s plant near Macassar stays put, despite residents’ concerns
Two investigations into separate explosions at the Rheinmetall Denel Munition depot near Macassar continue
‘It is no longer safe for Denel to be based in Macassar’
Calls to end production at Rheinmetall Denel Munition after yet another blast rocks the Somerset West area, the fifth since 2018
Companies affected by unrest can apply for support as soon as next week
Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi urges employers to be honest when applying for help
Nxesi says employment and labour department must ‘talk less’ and do more
The minister and his management team appeared before parliament after another scathing auditor general report was tabled