Question NW2163 to the Minister of Public Service and Administration
12 December 2014 - NW2163
Van der Westhuizen, Mr AP to ask the Minister of Public Service and Administration
(1) Have the revised proposals for the disciplinary code and regulations been submitted to the Public Service Bargaining Council; if not, why not; if so, (a) when was it submitted and (b) when can a decision on this matter be expected; (2) is he confident that a revised code will improve the turnaround time and serious backlogs currently experienced with disciplinary cases in the public service; if not, why not; if so, when will such an improvement be reflected in the statistics of the public service? NW2614E
Reply:
(1) (a)(b) Yes, the revised disciplinary code and procedure has been tabled for negotiation at the Public Service Bargaining Council during the negotiation, a decision on this matter can be expected when the negotiation is concluded.
(2) Yes, we are confident that the revised code will improve the turnaround time for concluding disciplinary cases in the public service, improvement will be reflected when the revised disciplinary code is fully implemented.