1 Department of Labour Work programme for 2003

2 15 point programme Guides our work in this five year period 15 points are: Policies developed by Department seek to achieve an appropriate balance between security and flexibility Employment creation Implementation of Presidential Job Summit resolutions Implementation of skills development strategy

3 15 point programme continued Employment equity Protection of vulnerable workers Occupational health and safety An adequate social safety net Promoting stable labour relations Productivity Social partnerships International relations Monitoring impact of policy Institutional restructuring Legislative amendments

4 Strategic Objectives 1. Monitor and review labour market policies on an ongoing basis 2. Advance Employment and Skills development 3. Promote Employment equity 4. Protection of vulnerable workers

5 Strategic Objectives (cont) 5. Provide Social Safety Net 6. Promote Occupational Health and Safety 7. Promote Stable Labour Relations

6 1. Monitor and Review Labour Market Policies  Conduct research on:  Co-operatives and employment creation  Atypical forms of employment

7 2. Skills development  Accelerate delivery of and access to learnerships by unemployed young people  Plan, implement, monitor, support and evaluate the achievement of the 2004/5 National Skills Development Strategy (NSDS) targets, including Equity Targets (85% black, 54% women and 4% people with disabilities  NSDS quarterly and annual monitoring reports prepared, discussed and used to intervene appropriately  NSDS impact studies conducted

8 2. Skills development (Cont…)  Commence consultation to determine priorities for 2005/9 National Skills Development Strategy  NSA advises Minister of Labour on process whereby new NSDS strategic objectives and targets are to be determined  Support skills development initiatives from the National Skills Fund  Spend NSF to support the achievement of NSDS  Support achievement of the NSDS equity targets  Implement strategies for SMME, informal and co- operatives sectors with other departments  Integrate skills development with Provincial and local initiatives to promote employment creation

9 2. Skills development (Cont…2)  SETAs achieve targets for 2003/4  Support SETAs to achieve 2003/4 performance targets as per MOU entered into with the DoL  Support SETAs who do not achieve the targets, where appropriate and where required, take appropriate disciplinary action  Train people via the strategic project fund  SETAs have all agreed to train a target of 15% of workers in their sectors

10 3. Employment equity  Strengthen enforcement mechanisms  Improved procedural equity compliance achieved  Progress in substantive equity compliance monitored  Encouraging compliance through showcasing of best practice  Analysis of income differentials  Prepare report on income differentials

11 Employment equity (cont…)  Publish guidelines to assist implementation of Codes of Good Practice  Amend regulations to ensure appropriate data collection

12 4. Protection of Vulnerable workers  Implement and enforce legislation and sectoral determinations  Educate and enforce domestic and farm workers sectoral determinations  New sectoral determinations in : Forestry, minibus taxi, glass and glassware, fishing, clothing and knitting, civil engineering  Inspections carried out in terms of the IES Strategy  Support Home Affairs to implement Immigration Act in respect of migrant workers in particular

13 4. Vulnerable workers (cont…)  Finalize and implement policy on the eradication of child labour  National programme of action to eradicate child labour developed

14 5. Occupational health and safety  Targeted advocacy and enforcement strategy, which is sector and issue specific.  Increase number of inspections  Embark on joint campaigns in high risk sectors,  Promote compliance.  Increase awareness  Support health and safety structures to assist industry to ensure effective OHS implementation.

15 5. Occupational health and safety  Promote OHS accord in provinces  OHS accord signed and implemented by all Provinces  Integrate OHS competencies across government  Identify and address subtle causes of occupational diseases

16 6. Improved social safety net: Unemployment Insurance  Strengthen administrative and financial management capacity of the UI Fund  Implement the fraud reduction strategy  Develop and implement enforcement and revenue collection strategy for categories of workers that were formerly excluded from Act  domestic workers  Improve financial viability of the Fund  Improve service delivery

17 6. Improved social safety net: Compensation Fund Improve service delivery: Improved claims processing Decentralisation of claims enquiries to Provincial offices. Automation of the FYI IT system to process claims in alignment with PPP Improved revenue collection and fraud detection.

18 7. Promoting stable labour relations  Develop and implement advocacy strategy for small business  Ensure bargaining councils take concerns of small business on board  Efficient registration of labour organizations and deregister non bona- fide unions and employers organizations

19 7. Promoting stable labour relations (cont…)  Oversee and assist in respect of overall governance of CCMA including Essential Services Committee  Monitoring of strikes and labour market events.  Reduction in workplace conflict and industrial unrest  Promote social dialogue through existing institutions  Facilitate and support transformation of bargaining councils.  Facilitate establishment of new councils and amalgamation of councils

20 8. Productivity (DoL & NPI)  Assist with establishment of company Future Forums  Assist with redeployment / turnaround strategies in companies and sectors  Promote productivity best practices  Build the productive capacity of intermediary bodies  Support government-led strategic initiatives that impact on productivity and job retention / creation

21 9. Social partnerships Ongoing support to and strengthening of CCMA, NSA, ECC, CEE etc Optimal utilization of Strengthening Civil Society Fund Financial security for Ditsela (trade union education institute) Effectively engagement in NEDLAC, NSA and other statutory bodies

International relations  Promote SA’s interests and NEPAD in the ILO and other multilateral forums  Fulfill SA’s international obligations to the ILO, SADC, AU & ARLAC  Participation in restructuring of OAU/AU and SADC, to ensure promotion of NEPAD and other government objectives  Coordinate and monitor bilateral and technical cooperation arrangements

Institutional transformation Implement Public Private Partnership (IT) contract Finalise demarcation and upgrading of labour centres Achieve Investors in People standard 500 learners enrolled in e degree training 327 in their 2 nd year 173 in their 1 st year

Institutional transformation... Institute “Core Management Competencies” Setting key performance standards to indicate achievement of key performance areas in the following functional areas: people management; financial management; Knowledge management; client oriented and customer focus service delivery

Legislative amendments Possible amendments including regulations to assist the smooth implementation, application and interpretation of certain provisions of the following Acts are being considered:  Skills Development Act  Unemployment Insurance Act  Basic Conditions of Employment Act