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Nedlac recommends mandatory vaccination at workplaces
It's understood labour and business see eye-to-eye on this matter and made recommendations to Natjoints, which will be discussed at this week's National...
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SA to reform labour laws to stamp out GBV in workplaces
Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi said they will now be bound by international best-practice on how to tackle the scourage of GBV in the workplace.
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Nxesi: Freight industry sabotaging our economy by hiring undocumented workers
The Department of Transport, Labour and Home Affairs briefed the country on Wednesday afternoon on the impact of the demonstrations.
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Nxesi: Govt consistent in fighting unemployment, poverty & inequality
Minister of Employment and Labour Thulas Nxesi reiterated that government is doing all it can to improve the high youth unemployment rate in the country. Nxesi was speaking on 14 October 2021 during the launch of the second phase of the employment stimulus. The employment stimulus was launched by President Cyril Ramaphosa in October 2020 in response to the high number of job losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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After revoking support for Mdwaba, SA seeks alternative candidate for ILO post
News of the government’s withdrawal of its support for the businessman and activist broke this week – with business bodies urging Cabinet to rethink the decision, which it said was extremely shocking.
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Department aims to retrain workers affected by looting
Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi addressed the media on 28 July 2021 where he made it clear that the department was aware that some industries would not recover from this month's looting and that it was aiming to retrain workers who would be affected and redirected into other industries. #LabourDepartment #ThulasNxesi #COVIDReliefFund #UIF
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Nxesi: Unrest in KZN, GP affected 75,000 workers and could lead to layoffs
The Labour and Employment Minister said government would assist them with the Unemployment Insurance Fund.
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WATCH LIVE: Nxesi outlines lockdown level 3 measures for labour sector
South African moved to level 3 on Sunday, after President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the downgrading of the lockdown measures.
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Government urged to release funds to cushion those hit by level 4 restrictions
Western Cape Finance And Economic Opportunities MEC David Maynier has written to Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi asking him to resume the UIF Temporary Employment Relief Scheme.
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WC MEC Maynier to Nxesi: Reopen UIF COVID TERS during level 4 lockdown
This comes after the president's announcement on Sunday night that the adjusted level 4 lockdown would be in place from Monday until 11 July.
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Top management positions still dominated by white people - report
According to the Commission for Employment Equity’s latest report, white people constitute 9% of the economically active population (EAP) but occupy 64.7% of top management positions. Indian people make up 2.8% of the EAP but occupy 10.6% of top-level positions.
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UIF paid out R58.7b in COVID relief funds, traced R228m in dodgy claims - Nxesi
Minister Thulas Nxesi admitted that the pandemic exposed government’s incapacity on many fronts.
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Thulas Nxesi reflects on reconfiguring his department & COVID impact
Two years ago, President Cyril Ramaphosa reconfigured the department, which formerly only focused on labour to include employment in its core deliverables.
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Labour Minister Nxesi blames 'weak' unions for trucking industry violence
Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi said that had trade union shop stewards been effective, trucking employers hiring foreign nationals at the expense of locals would have been dealt with before it became a crisis.
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Extend UIF TERS support scheme, Maynier tells Nxesi
David Maynier said the tourism and hospitality industry were already hard-hit, and jobs were being lost as a result of the continued closure of the beaches, the curfew and the alcohol ban.
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Transporting farmworkers on trucks must be banned - Cosatu
This is after three farm workers died, and more than 20 people were injured in an accident near Worcester on Monday.
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Nxesi: R3.5bn in wrongful UIF TERS payments recouped so far
Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi on Tuesday updated the National Assembly on progress made in dealing with corruption linked to the COVID-19 relief.
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Over R20bn in UIF funds paid out in Gauteng alone, says Minister Nxesi
As businesses felt the crunch of the coronavirus lockdown, tens of thousands of people looked to the UIF for financial help.
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Nxesi: System overhaul needed at UIF, Compensation Fund
Nxesi said this was necessary following a report by the Auditor-General into disbursements during the lockdown, which found a number of risks.
