Question NW2147 to the Minister of Labour
28 October 2016 - NW2147
Ollis, Mr IM to ask the Minister of Labour
(1) (a) Why did her department's expenditure on advertising increase by R11 million from the 2014-15 to the 2015-16 financial year and {b) what is the detailed breakdown of the specified expenditure;
Reply:
(a) The increase in expenditure in the 2015/16 financial year was mainly as a result of an increase of advertising for awareness campaigns in respect of Labour Laws.
(b)
|
PURPOSE |
PAYMENTS RO GCIS |
|
Campaign: Employment Equity Awards |
1,240,969.63 |
|
Campaign: Employment Equity Phase 2 |
662,754.96 |
|
Campaign: Child Labour |
1,199,876.44 |
|
Campaign: Employment Equity Road Shows |
907,578.84 |
|
Campaign: Domestic Worker Increases |
495,083.45 |
|
Campaign: Domestic Wage Increases |
327,121.77 |
|
Campaign: Domestic Wage Increases |
230,033.30 |
|
Campaign: Farm Worker Wage Increases |
152,047.04 |
|
Campaign: Farm Workers Wage Increases |
2,194,133.55 |
|
Campaign: Domestic Wage Increase |
3,093,239.20 |
|
Campaign: Employment Equity awards |
137,756.87 |
|
Campaign: Labour Law Amendments |
374,806.60 |
|
Total |
11,015,401.65 |
(2) Why did her department's operating lease increase by R34, 6 million from the 2014-15 to the 2015-16 financial year?
Response
The reason for the increase is attributed to the outstanding lease payments lo the Department of Public Works; which were paid during the 2015/16 financial year after the Department of Public Works and my Department performed a reconciliation of the account