Africa: The Department of Employment and Labour in Mpumalanga is to embark on an integrated blitz inspection of the schools and farms in the Province.
The latest integrated blitz builds on the recent joint Portfolio Committee visit to the Province, where it became evident that the department needed to sustain its inspection programme.
It is against this backdrop that the Mpumalanga Province’s Inspection and Enforcement Services branch has decided to embark on an integrated inspection drive to ensure that there is compliance with employment laws.
The inspectorate is mandated to ensure that there is compliance with the following legislation: Unemployment Insurance Fund Act, Unemployment Insurance Contributions Act, Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Disease Act, Occupational Health and Safety Act, Employment Equity Act, Basic Conditions of Employment Act and the National Minimum Wage Act.
The targeted areas will be employees and employers in schools (community and personal services sector) and farms. It is the responsibility of the department to continuously remind workers of their rights and responsibilities.
Therefore an impact analysis on the said blitz will be conducted once completed to determine the extent to which employers comply with the applicable employment laws.
The planned integrated inspection is intended to cover all schools in the Province and agriculture in the labour market, focusing on all three regions in the Province.