2008

• SA, South Korea venture set to boost vocational training
  2008-12-02
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• Wage hike for contract cleaners
  2008-11-10
  Wage hike for contract cleaners
• Skills Workshop Empowers KZN Youth, Funds Boost Unique Centre
  2008-11-10
  Skills Workshop Empowers KZN Youth, Funds Boost Unique Centre
• Hospital worker’s death worries Labour Department
  2008-10-29
  Hospital worker’s death worries Labour Department
• Domestic ‘burial’ scam resurfaces in Free State
  2008-10-27
  Domestic ‘burial’ scam resurfaces in Free State
• Department presses for criminal charges as assaults on inspectors escalate
  2008-10-13
  Department presses for criminal charges as assaults on inspectors escalate
• Welfare Sector wage public hearings underway in Eastern Cape
  2008-10-08
  Welfare Sector wage public hearings underway in Eastern Cape
• Labour inspectors probe latest Assmang blast
  2008-09-15
  Labour inspectors are currently investigating an explosion
• Minister says workplace safety a responsibility for all
  2008-08-25
  Minister says workplace safety a responsibility for all
• Compensation Commissioner Assesses Progress
  2008-08-21
  Compensation Commissioner Assesses Progress
• Government goes robust on service delivery initiatives
  2008-08-20
  Government goes robust on service delivery initiatives
• Limpopo Imbizo kick-starts on a high note
  2008-08-15
  Limpopo Imbizo kick-starts on a high note
• Department says most KZN farmers fully Law Compliant
  2008-08-15
  Department says most KZN farmers fully Law Compliant
• Mpumalanga celebrates a claims processing centre
  2008-08-15
  Mpumalanga celebrates a claims processing centre
• KZN farms law compliance levels impress Labour inspectors
  2008-08-15
  KZN farms law compliance levels impress Labour inspectors
• UIF registers another milestone
  2008-07-28
  The UIF registered a staggering amount of R27 823 billion
• Department says equity flouting employers to face the music
  2008-07-28
  The Department of Labour will leave no stone unturned
• Forestry Employers want Govt to consider land leasing when deciding on new wages
  2008-07-28
  Running a contracted business in the forestry sector became a focal point
• Agricultural wages and employment conditions under spotlight
  2008-07-28
  The crusade to improve livelihoods of farm workers kick started
• Employment Equity Roadshows gain momentum
  2008-07-28
  More than 100 stakeholders mainly from the business fraternity have this week
• Labour Court orders security employers to pay wages
  2008-07-28
  Two security sector employers were ordered to cough up
• Multimillion critical and scarce skills showcased
  2008-07-28
  Education and skills development remain key to increasing chances of employability
• Inspections find most KZN food sector workplaces health hazards
  2008-07-04
  During a national inspection campaign that took place in the food and beverage sector
• Unique Skills venture helps elevate rural community
  2008-07-04
  A unique skills empowerment pilot project conceived two years ago
• Worker loses hand in farm accident
  2008-07-04
  A North West farm worker is still recovering at the Bophelong Hospital in Mafikeng
• Chinese Debate: Labour Minister Throws down the Gauntlet
  2008-07-04
  Labour Minister Membathisi Mdladlana has thrown down the gauntlet
• Minister Mdladlana to attend World Congress on Safety
  2008-07-04
  Labour Minister Membathisi Mdladlana will be jetting off to South Korea tomorrow
• Labour digs in heels following construction accident
  2008-07-04
  The Department of Labour will leave no stone unturned
• RE: Chinese Association of South Africa
  2008-07-04
  There has been much comment and with respect distortion of the facts
• Final submissions for the domestic worker wages
  2008-06-23
  Stakeholders within the domestic sector have until July 31, to make their final inputs
• Wage hike for taxi workers
  2008-06-20
  As from 1 July 2008 workers within the taxi industry sector can expect an increase
• Domestic Worker Wages and Conditions of Employment
  2008-06-20
  The Employment Conditions Commission (ECC) will over this weekend complete the public hearing process
• Minister to visit Site of horror Stellenbosch Accident
  2008-06-13
  Acting Labour Minister Ngconde Balfour will today (12:30) visit the site of Monday’s horror accident
• Compensation Fund Says Inaccurate Info Stalls Payouts
  2008-06-11
  The Compensation Fund (CF) has urged members of the public to update their banking details
• Dept finds flouting of health and safety laws at site of collapsed wall
  2008-06-11
  Preliminary investigations by the Department of Labour into Stellenbosch Waterscape’s fatal incident revealed
• Minister Mdladlana to speak at the ILC
  2008-06-11
  Labour Minister Membathisi Mdladlana will appraise the International Labour Conference on the country’s efforts
• South Africa gears up effort to help one million child labourers
  2008-06-11
  South Africa has set itself tough targets for reducing child labour within the next five years
• Inspections Find Some Hospitality Employers Still Underpay Workers
  2008-06-10
  Inspections Find Some Hospitality Employers Still Underpay Workers
• Police Rescue Labour Inspectors From Rampaging North West Employer
  2008-06-10
  Police Rescue Labour Inspectors From Rampaging North West Employer
• Inspection Reveals Poor Health, Safety Conditions At Most KZN Hospitality Workplaces
  2008-06-05
  A large number of KwaZulu-Natal hospitality sector employers inspected last week were found to be compromising
• Inspectors Crack Whip On Errant KZN Hospitality Employers
  2008-06-05
  The Department of Labour inspectors have this week began to crack the whip on defaulters
• Labour Inspectors Close Unsafe Limpopo School Residence
  2008-06-05
  Life threatening safety conditions spurred labour inspectors to act
• Lion Attack: Department Warns Against Safety Sloppiness
  2008-06-05
  The Labour Department has once again urged workers to take full charge of their workplace health and safety
• Manganese Poisoning Enquiry Takes Off
  2008-06-05
  The Cato Ridge manganese poisoning inquiry kicked off this morning amid tensions
• KZN Security Employers In R 1,3m Wage Default
  2008-06-05
  Scores of security industry bosses in KwaZulu-Natal have been short-changing their employees
• North West Farmer In Trouble Over Child Labour
  2008-05-16
  A Schweizer Reneke farmer in the North West Province is facing prosecution for contravening the law
• UIF Appoints New Finance Chief
  2008-05-16
  Minister of Labour, Membathisi Mdladlana, has announced the appointment of Mr. Lodewyk Ferreira as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the UIF
• Labour Minister To Donate Computers To Rural Schools
  2008-05-16
  Labour Minister Membathisi Mdladlana will this week take a ‘Support-A-School’ campaign to greater heights
• Career Opportunities Out Of Government Skills Programmes
  2008-05-16
  It’s that time of the year once again for thousands of South African matriculants when agony and uncertainty
• Why Setas Remain Vital In Skills Empowerment Campaign
  2008-05-16
  The Sector Education and Training Authorities (Setas) remain a vital cog in the government’s job creation and poverty alleviation drive
• Rural Learners benefit from DoL Computer donation
  2008-05-16
  Hundreds of learners from rural Limpopo had a reason to hope for improved learning this year
• Labour Court Orders Property Attachment Of Two Kwik Spar Outlets
  2008-05-16
  The Johannesburg Labour Court has instructed the sheriff of the court to attach properties belonging to two Bloemfontein Kwik Spar outlets for auction to recover over R400 000 in outstanding underpayments of its employees’ salaries.
• Deadline for UIF Domestic Declarations Looming
  2008-05-16
  The more than half a million domestic employers registered with the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) have less than two weeks to forward new details of their domestic workers in line with the December 01, 2007 new minimum wages for the sector.
• Minister pays tribute to departed Union Stalwart
  2008-05-16
  Labour Minister Membathisi Mdladlana has expressed great sadness at the passing on of former trade union leader and activist, John Gomomo in the Eastern Cape today (Tues).
• UIF Submissions D-day For Domestic Employers
  2008-05-16
  Domestic employers have until next Monday (Jan 7) to submit the new details of their workers in line with the latest stipulated wage increases, the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) warned today.
• Labour Department to resume probe of KwaZulu-Natal manganese poisoning
  2008-05-16
  The Labour Department’s formal enquiry into the exposure of workers to poisonous fumes at the Assmang plant in Cato Ridge, Durban is set to resume from the 25-29 February 2008 at the Cato Ridge Country Club.
• Worker dies after Pietermaritzburg tanker explosion
  2008-05-16
  One of the workers who sustained serious burns from a tank explosion yesterday at Nkondeni Industrial Area in Pietermaritzburg died
• More than half of employment equity reports in KwaZulu - Natal reflect errors
  2008-05-16
  An alarming 75 percent of Employment Equity (EE) Reports submitted to the Department in Kwazulu - Natal was identified with errors after the reports were reviewed.
• China’s experts on experience-sharing visit to South Africa
  2008-05-16
  Skills experts from China could be heading for South Africa in the near future following a formal call by Labour Minister Membathisi Mdladlana on that country to lend a helping hand.
• Government, taxi accord set to benefit many on UIF pension
  2008-05-16
  The South African National Taxi Council has pledged to register about 60% of the taxi operators with the Unemployment Insurance Fund.
• Wholesale & Retail Wage increases 2008/2009
  2008-05-16
  Minimum wages in the Wholesale & Retail Sector have been increased with effect from 1 February 2008.
• Massive Limpopo crackdown busts illegal recruitment ring
  2008-05-16
  A ring that unlawfully recruits and exploits illegal immigrants from Zimbabwe was this week bust in Limpopo.
• Probe Of KZN Manganese Poisoning Case To Resume
  2008-05-16
  The Labour Department’s formal enquiry into the exposure of workers to poisonous fumes at the Assmang plant in Cato Ridge, Durban is set to resume next Monday (Feb 25).
• KZN Braces For Agriculture, Forestry Workplace Scrutiny
  2008-05-15
  The national inspection drive by the Labour Department will shift to the agriculture and forestry sectors next week as labour inspectors in KwaZulu-Natal gear up for a major crackdown on all employers of the sector as from Monday (Feb, 25).
• Bogus Labour Inspector In Kwazulu Natal
  2008-05-15
  The Department of Labour in Kwazulu Natal has warned employers and members of the public to be on the look-out for a conman pretending to be a labour inspector and offering to help claimants in exchange for large sums of money.
• KZN explosion protests disrupt manganese poisoning hearings
  2008-05-15
  As the death-toll of Sunday’s Assmang plant explosion in Durban rose to five earlier today (Mon), proceeding on an inquiry into the November 2006 manganese poisoning case of the same plant had to be put on hold to allow protesting workers to express themselves on their health, safety and experiences.
• Durban’s massive blast: full scale probe launched
  2008-05-15
  A full scale government investigation is underway following yesterday’s (Sun) massive explosion that left four workers dead and five others seriously injured at the Assmang plant in Cato Ridge, Durban yesterday (Sun).
• Mondi Paper applauded for safety compliance
  2008-05-15
  An almost 100 percent adherence to safety standards by Mondi Paper Company in Mpumalanga’s Piet Retief, is a clear vindication that some employers are heeding to Labour Minister Membathisi Mdladlana’s clarion call of putting workers lives first before profits.
• Assmang poisoning probe: Employer rejects presiding panel
  2008-05-15
  The on-going inquiry into the deadly manganese poisoning case of Assmang employees took a new twist today (Tue) when the company demanded that Labour department presiding officer Vuli Sibisi and his panel recuse themselves.
• Assmang blast death toll rises to six
  2008-05-15
  The death toll of Sunday’s Assmang horror blast in KwaZulu-Natal has risen to six, following the death in hospital of another worker late yesterday (Tue).
• Assmang poisoning probe adjourned
  2008-05-15
  The inquiry into the exposure of workers to poisonous fumes at Durban’s Assmang plant was today (Fri) adjourned to April (21-25) and May (26-30) respectively.
• Assmang blast: operations ban stays put
  2008-05-15
  Contrary to recent media reports, operations at the ill-fated Durban’s Assmang plant would remain forbade until the conditions guaranteed the government of workers’ safety, the Labour Department has warned.
• Assessment Puts Farming Sector On Spotlight
  2008-05-15
  Results of last week’s nationwide inspections of the farming sector suggest a continuing disregard of labour laws despite the rising improvement that inspectors recorded.
• Minister urges common Seta vision on empowerment of disabled
  2008-05-15
  Sector Education and Training Authorities (Setas) should develop a common vision around strategies aimed at assisting people with disabilities access the highest skills empowerment opportunities, Labour Minister Membathisi Mdladlana said today.
• Labour inspectors shut down death trap KZN workplace
  2008-05-15
  An early morning crackdown on a wood manufacturing factory in Mkondeni Industrial Area at Pietermaritzburg today (Fri) by labour inspectors saw the immediate shut down of major operations after life-threatening conditions under which workers were subjected were discovered.
• UIF registers record R26bn in assets
  2008-05-15
  The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) collected a record R6.7bn by December 2007.
• Two public holidays on the same day
  2008-05-15
  The labour department is receiving numerous enquiries from employers and employees about the payment of double-pay for work on Human Rights Day and Good Friday which fall on the same day this year, March 21, (Fri).
• Five years on, domestic worker social coverage thrives
  2008-05-15
  The Department of Labour has paid out close to R200 million in social security payments to temporarily unemployed domestic workers over the past five years.
• Court orders KZN employers to pay workers
  2008-05-15
  The Durban Labour Court has ordered 17 employers in KwaZulu-Natal to pay their employees outstanding wages amounting to R68 298, 10.
• Compensation Fund extends Return of Earnings deadline
  2008-05-15
  Employers have until April 30 to submit their Return Of Earnings forms, the Labour Department’s Compensation Fund announced today (Tue).
• More KZN employers ordered to pay up
  2008-05-15
  Labour law enforcement in KwaZulu-Natal has seen the court ordering employers to pay more that R114 000, 00 in outstanding wages to their employees this week alone.
• Department lifts ban on one of Assmang’s Ill-fated furnaces
  2008-05-15
  Labour Inspectors in KwaZulu-Natal have revoked the prohibition notice for one of the six Assmang plant furnaces largely blamed for the horror blast earlier this year that resulted in the deaths of six workers and severe burn injuries to scores of others.
• Inspectors shut down unsafe KZN construction site
  2008-05-15
  Life-threatening working conditions to construction workers prompted Labour inspectors to order an immediate shut down of a Newcastle site in KwaZulu-Natal today (Wed).
• Collapse wall kill casual worker
  2008-05-15
  A male casual worker employed by a private household owner in Hillary, Kwazulu Natal died instantly after a block wall collapsed on him crushing his body yesterday.
• Minister says employment creation initiatives the best tonic for joblessness
  2008-05-15
  Concrete job creation initiatives and not theories and debates could prove to be the most effective remedy for the rampant unemployment currently gripping the nation, Minister Membathisi Mdladlana said last night (Sat).
• Invest in your workers - Minister urges farmers
  2008-05-15
  Labour Minister Membathisi Mdladlana urged farmers to invest in their workers for their own survival.
• Organise yourselves - urges Minister
  2008-05-15
  Labour Minister Membathisi Mdladlana called on workers in George to organise themselves to fight for their rights.
• Domestics “Burial” scam exposed
  2008-05-15
  The Department of Labour has warned domestic employers and workers to be on the alert of bogus officials who swindle people of their hard-earned cash under the guise of collecting money for the burial of deceased domestic workers.
• Child labour lands Eastern Cape farmer hefty fine
  2008-05-15
  An Eastern Cape farmer became the latest to taste the government’s lash on child labour offenders when last week the Peddie Magistrate’s Court fined him R5 000 for employing 19 under-aged children.
• Department halts operations at accident prone construction sites
  2008-05-15
  Labour inspectors in Limpopo have ordered a Thohoyandou construction company to halt operations at all its three sites after the employer failed to comply with safety laws.
• Workers exposed to high dust levels at Assmang Plant
  2008-05-15
  The department of labour’s formal inquiry into occupational health and safety at Assmang Plant in Durban has heard that workers are exposed to dangerously high levels of manganese dust and fumes at the Cato Ridge plant.
• Assmang factory ordered to shutdown furnace
  2008-05-15
  Just over a week after lifting the ban on four furnaces at the Assmang ferromanganese smelter in Cato Ridge, labour inspectors yesterday immediately ordered the shutdown of one of it’s furnaces after molten metal was found to have leaked from a hole of the furnace wall.
• The Department of Labour steps up efforts to register taxi operators
  2008-05-15
  Scores of unemployed workers in the taxi industry continue to enjoy income support in the form of unemployed benefits from the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF).
• Minister urges farmers to expose non-complying colleagues
  2008-05-15
  Labour Minister Membathisi Mdladlana has commended the “growing trend of exemplary employers” who don’t do just enough to comply with labour legislation but go the extra mile to ensure the welfare of their employees and their families.
• Koi-koi Youths benefit from govt skills drive
  2008-05-15
  The Koi-koi youth of Steinkofp in the Northern Cape have become the latest to taste the government’s skills drive.
• Minister challenges Scouts to shape young people
  2008-05-15
  Labour Minister Membathisi Mdladlana who is the second in command in the South African Scouts movement, has challenged the Movement to play a significant role in shaping young people.
• Construction worker dies after 9th floor plunge
  2008-05-15
  The Labour Department is investigating the fatal injury of an Eastern Cape building construction worker who died after falling from a lift shaft in East London on Friday (Apr 25).
• Department slams worsening workplace hazards
  2008-05-15
  The iron and steel, construction, agriculture, food, drink and beverage sectors were identified as sectors with the highest risks when it comes to workplace health and safety accidents country-wide.

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