Question NW1261 to the Minister of Employment and Labour
21 April 2022 - NW1261
Ngcobo, Mr SL to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour
(1)What number of labour inspectors does his department have; (2) whether his department has sufficient labour inspectors in order to ensure that inspections and enforcement services are effective and there is timeous detection of non-compliance issues; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
1. The DEL has 1951 inspectors. Currently, there are 166 vacancies and 1785 warm bodies.
2. Currently, there are around 14,3 million people that are employed in SA (as in November 2021 in terms of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey). The Department has an establishment of 1 951 Inspectors as at in February 2022. This, against a total number of 14,3million employees, provides a ratio of 1 inspector to 7330 employees. This is in line with industrialised economies as per International labour Organisation (ILO) guidelines. The inspectors are always able to detect and deal with non-compliance during inspections. As at the end of quarter 3 in the 2021/22 Financial Year, the following are the relevant details:
|
Number of inspections |
177700 |
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Number compliant |
134 832 |
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Number noncompliant |
42868 |
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Number of notices issued |
42430 |
42 868 workplaces were found to be noncompliant and 42 430 were issued with notices. The achievement is 99% against a standard of 95%