DIRECTORATE: LABOUR RELATIONS LABOUR RELATIONS FORUMS: 2nd Quarter 2005

Time Arrangements

Programme 1. Opening and welcome 2. Standing items Feedback from: l Directorate: Labour Relations l Public Service Co-ordinating Bargaining Council l Education Labour Relations Council l Provincial Education Labour Relations Council 3. New items l Amendments to Education Laws Amendment Bill,2004 l Know your rights workshop for post level 1 educators 4. General (Questions and Answers session) 5. Next meeting and closure

Feedback : Directorate Labour Relations §Statistics on : l Grievances and Disputes l Misconduct l Strikes §Communication l Newsletter l New appointments

GRIEVANCES & DISPUTES MARCH 2005 Total = 271

MISCONDUCT : MARCH 2005 Total 250

Strikes 02/09/2004 EMDCCS EDUCATORSPS STAFF Central4427 South North9085 East Breeder/Overb6914 W/Winelands7693 S/Cape/Karoo37715 Special Schools8538 Total

Strikes (02/09/2004) (Total 5966)

Strikes 16/09/2004 EMDCCS EDUCATORSPS STAFF Central South North East Breeder/Overb W/Winelands S/Cape/Karoo Special Schools22354 Head Office46225 Total

Strikes (16/09/2004) (Total )

Feedback on the PSCBC §EMPLOYER INITIATIVE PACKAGE ON THE CARDS (EIP) §CTPA JOINED SADTU, NO LONGER A MEMBER OF NAPTOSA § PUBLIC SERVICE MEDICAL SCHEME PROVISIONALLY WEF 01/01/2006 (GEMS)

Feedback on the Education Labour Relations Council(ELRC) l New resolutions: 2005 –2 Resolutions have been signed thus far –Vote weights –Backlog in salaries

National vote weights

CURRENT ISSUES( ELRC) MATTERS CURRENTLY UP FOR NEGOTIATION : §IQMS §GRADING NORMS FOR INSTITUTIONS §ABET EDUCATORS( CONDITIONS OF SERVICES) §FTSS §INCENTIVES §REWARDS

Feedback on PELRC Vote weights (Pelrc) §CTPA JOINED SADTU, NO LONGER A MEMBER OF NAPTOSA §Composition of the current Pelrc §Employer = 10 seats + 10 observers §Employee = 10 seats bservers Sadtu = 7 seats + 7 0bservers Naptosa = 2 seats + 2 0bservers Saou = 1 seat + 1 0bserver

PELRC Vote Weights (Membership)

Pelrc Vote Weights (Percentages)

EMPLOYMENT EQUITY – EE Guidelines for institutions are in its final stage – All role-players are currently being consulted – Comments and inputs will be considered by Topco – Final document will serve at the PERLC for consultation and implementation

SKILLS DEVELOPMENT §The Departmental Training Committee (DTC) will meet shortly to distribute the allocated funds for WSP §Watch the space

NATIONAL TEACHING AWARDS §National Adjudication Process l The Western Cape managed to secure two positions: (i) Excellence in Primary School Teaching: 2nd Finalist, Mr Ronald Philander: St Marks Primary School, Prince Alfred Hamlet, Ceres (ii) Excellence in Primary School Teaching : 3rd Finalist, Mr Francois Jones: De Villiers P/S, Robertson

NATIONAL TEACHING AWARDS (Continue) §Sponsorship l The WCED managed to secure a sponsorship for the NTA 2005 l The Cambridge University Press in association with South African Youth Development & Business Chamber (SAYDBUC) will sponsor the Western Cape with cash prizes for the 3 finalists per category at Provincial level

NATIONAL TEACHING AWARDS (Continue) §Nomination Forms l The closing date for all nominations is the 22nd June 2005 l Depending on the diary of the President, the National Ceremony will be taking place on the 20th or 27th September 2005

TRANSFORMATION

Transformation (Total 248)

SAFETY AT SCHOOL –An indaba to discuss ways and means on how to address crime and violence in the Province will be taking place soon. –The initiative is a consultative process to generate recommendations on how to promote safety in schools –Pelrc Task team was once again established : – Evaluate the implementation of the manual – Proposals for any improvements to the manual –Stats as per annual report

Safety at schools (Continues) l 2004: Incident types ( 1958 )

Safety at schools (Continues) l 2004: Occurrence of incidents

NPDE

Education Laws Amendment Bill, 1/2004 §The following amendments are proposed to the following acts: l SASA: South African Schools Act l EEA:Employment of Educators Act l FET: Further Education Act §We will only highlight the significant draft amendments to SASA and the EEA.

Education Laws Amendment Bill, 1/2004 §The following amendments are proposed: §SASA §Definitions l A few new definitions are proposed ( page 2 ) §Section 9 l Suspension and expulsion from public school (page 3) §Section 35 l Norms and standards ( Page 4) §Section 39( page 4 and 5) l School fees at public schools §Section 41( page 6) l Enforcement of payment of school funds §Section 58 l Expropriation( page 7 and 8)

Education Laws Amendment Bill,/2004 §EEA §To provide for the refinement of the process of the appointment of educators §To provide for an appeal by a SGB against the decision of the HOD to appoint an educator

Proposed amendments to the EEA §Section 6 ( insertion of a new paragraph 6(aa) to be considered by SGB’s before recommending to HOD) §Section 6 (ab) Submit a list of 5 candidates to the HOD in order of preference §Section 6 (ac) HOD may choose any candidate on the list §Section 6 (ad) Ensure that criteria was applied §Section 6 (ae) Decline recommendation if criteria was not applied §Section 6 (af) Temporary teacher

Proposed amendments to the EEA(Cont.) §Deletion of paragraph b and c of Section 6(3) §Insertion of a new section b,c, d and e : l Appeal procedure for SGB’s l Period for the appeal l Period for MEC to finalised the appeal l Discretion of the HOD §Insertion of section 6 (b) the appointment of an educator from temporary to permanent without the recommendation of the SGB

TRAINING WORKSHOP §TRAINING PROJECT 2005 §POST LEVEL 1 EDUCATORS §KNOW YOU RIGHTS WORKSHOP l GRIEVANCES l DISPUTES l MISCONDUCT l BARGAINING COUNCILS l ORGANISATIONAL RIGHTS

TRAINING WORKSHOP( CONT.) l DATES Central: 7 & 21 May 2005 South: 4 & 18 June 2005 East: 23 July and 6 August 2005 North: 13 & 27 August 2005 West Coast / Winelands: 3 & 17 September 2005 Overberg / BreedeRiver: 8 & 22 October 2005 South Cape / Karoo: 29 October and 12 & 26 Nov § l Please ADVISED YOUR EDUCATORS ACCORDINGLY: IT MAY BENEFIT YOU IN THE FUTURE

General  Questions and answers Open session

Presenters §Colin Esau:(021) §Fax:(021) § §Fritz Brand : (021) §Fax: (021) §