A critical analysis of the 13th report the Commission for Employment Equity (CEE) by the Solidarity Research Institute (SRI)
A critical analysis of the 13th report the Commission for Employment Equity (CEE) by the Solidarity Research Institute (SRI) Download: A critical analysis of the 13th CEE report – Solidarity
Labour Market Report April 2013
The January 2013 edition of the quarterly Labour Market Report of the Solidarity Research Institute is now available. Follow the links below. April 2013 Solidarity Labour Market Report
Deregistration of CWU must draw attention to looming amendment of labour legislation
The deregistration of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) must draw renewed attention to the extremely negative impact that the proposed inclusion of subsection 111(5) in the Labour Relations Act will have on trade unions. According to trade union Solidarity, this amendment will result in trade unions who appeal against deregistration to suspend their activities for [...]
Reduction in UIF wage tax could fund thousands of job opportunities
Trade union Solidarity today called for a reduction in wage tax following the Unemployment Insurance Fund’s (UIF) announcement of a surplus of more than R6 billion for the past financial year. According to Paul Joubert, senior economics researcher at the Solidarity Research Institute (SRI), this amount could enable the financing of close to 130 000 [...]
Public Service: Whites not truly welcome – Solidarity
White people are alienated from the Public Service due to the government’s policy of absolute representation on the basis of race, in other words a quota system; this hampers the appointment and promotion possibilities for whites in the Public Service, said the trade union Solidarity today. This follows after Nkosinathi Nhleko, the Director General of [...]
Amendments to laws governing black empowerment will lead to job losses
Press release Solidarity 12 July 2012 Amendments to laws governing black empowerment will lead to job losses The government’s proposed draconic amendment to the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) Act, which will criminalise misrepresentations, contravenes its resolution of creating jobs, since the amendment is likely to result in job losses, said the trade union Solidarity [...]
Petition about Affirmative Action delivered to parliament
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Media statement – Solidarity – 5 August 2010
The truth about the Commission for Employment Equity’s report The annual report of the Commission for Employment Equity (CEE) is riddled with misrepresentations, addition errors and questionable methodology, and is therefore irrelevant and irresponsible, the trade union Solidarity said today. This comes after the announcement by chairperson of the commission, Mpho Nkeli, last week that [...]
The truth about the 10th employment equity report by the Commission for Employment Equity – 5 August 2010
Media notice The Solidarity Research Institute (SRI) will release a report titled “The truth about the Commission for Employment Equity’s tenth employment equity report” today. The Solidarity report will show that the report by the Commission for Employment Equity (CEE) is riddled with misrepresentations, addition errors and questionable methodology. The Solidarity report will also point [...]
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Solidarity requests impact study on amendments to labour legislation
By Reint on 31 July 2012
An impact study should be done on the proposed amendments to labour legislation to evaluate its overall impact on the labour market. This is one of the statements that Solidarity today submitted at the Portfolio Committee on Labour’s continuing public hearings about amendments to the Labour Relations Act (Act 66 of 1995) and the Basic [...]
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