https://www.polity.org.za
Deepening Democracy through Access to Information
Home / Statements RSS ← Back
Close

Email this article

separate emails by commas, maximum limit of 4 addresses

Sponsored by

Close

Embed Video

BUSA: Statement by Business Unity South Africa, warns of significant job losses should labour brokers be banned (07/06/2013)

7th June 2013

SAVE THIS ARTICLE      EMAIL THIS ARTICLE

Font size: -+

/ MEDIA STATEMENT / The content on this page is not written by Polity.org.za, but is supplied by third parties. This content does not constitute news reporting by Polity.org.za.

We gather with deep concern from the media that the ANC Members of the Labour Parliamentary Portfolio Committee, are swinging strongly in favour of removing provisions for strike ballots, picketing rules and effectively banning Temporary Employment Service Providers, otherwise known as labour brokers.  If these reports are accurate, we are deeply perturbed as business because not only does this create further destabilisation in the current fragile economy but also makes a mockery of the NEDLAC process.

These Bills have been subject to negotiations between  government, labour, business and the community constituencies for over 3 years at NEDLAC, and were presented to the Labour Portfolio committee in March 2012.  While it is understood that the process of public hearings plays a role in law making, care should be taken not to undermine a thourough social dialogue process backed up by comprehensive supporting studies.

Advertisement

Additionally, business went to great lengths to get a Regulatory Impact Assessment study on amendments contained in the Labour Relations Amendment Bill, which indicated that hundreds of thousands of job losses would occur if such amendments were introduced.  In Government's own Regulatory Impact Assessment study of the 2010 proposed amendment Bill, the study indicated significant job losses if labour brokers were to be banned. As a result of this very same study, it was recommended that regulation was a more sensible option that an outright ban, taking into consideration the impact on employment, in particular.

Labour market announcements and inconsistent messages such as these add further damage to business confidence and will impact negatively on South Africa’s already weak economic growth projections for this year.

Advertisement

These pronouncements and the manner in which this is being handled, including the line by line negotiation that is taking place in the Labour Portfolio committee right now, do not do any justice to the structures that have been put in place to deal with these matters in South Africa, like NEDLAC.

EMAIL THIS ARTICLE      SAVE THIS ARTICLE

To subscribe email subscriptions@creamermedia.co.za or click here
To advertise email advertising@creamermedia.co.za or click here

Comment Guidelines

 

About

Polity.org.za is a product of Creamer Media.
www.creamermedia.co.za

Other Creamer Media Products include:
Engineering News
Mining Weekly
Research Channel Africa

Read more

Subscriptions

We offer a variety of subscriptions to our Magazine, Website, PDF Reports and our photo library.

Subscriptions are available via the Creamer Media Store.

View store

Advertise

Advertising on Polity.org.za is an effective way to build and consolidate a company's profile among clients and prospective clients. Email advertising@creamermedia.co.za

View options
Free daily email newsletter Register Now