The labour and employment department has conducted thousands of inspections leading to 81 arrests, increased the budget to bring relief to those who lost their jobs, and has placed thousands in registered work and learnerships in recent months.
this is according to minister Nomakhosazana Meth, who briefed the media from Cape Town on Tuesday to highlight achievements and progress by the department since the GNU took office several months ago. This included visibility and inspections to safeguard workers’ rights and ensure compliance with labour laws and fair practices.
In the first 100 days, 17,662 national inspections were conducted during which 5,494 workplaces were found to be noncompliant, requiring enforcement notices to be issued that totalled R24,266,758.
The inspections led to the arrests of 81 employers and undocumented foreigners. They were conducted jointly with the home affairs and transport departments, the police, the Hawks and the bargaining council of the hospitality sector.
