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Pretoria - There has been a "dramatic" rise in complaints about employers flouting labour laws, particularly on farms, the labour department said on Tuesday.
"The department's provincial inspection and enforcement directorates have in their work picked up a dramatic rise in the number of complaints relating to labour law floutings," the department's director-general Nkosinathi Nhleko said in a statement, issued during a visit to Limpopo.
They included illegal employment, exploitation of foreigners and more cases of child labour.
Nhleko said most complaints emanated from the farming, construction and security industries.
As a result, he intended leading inspections to assess compliance with labour laws. These were expected to start in August in all provinces bordering neighbouring countries, and would involve the SA Revenue Service and police.
"A number of dynamics emerging in the provinces bordering foreign countries are beginning to undermine our work as a department. This situation is worrying. We cannot forsake our responsibility when compliance with labour laws is undermined."
The first inspection would be in Musina, Limpopo, which borders Zimbabwe. The department also planned to meet with agricultural unions TauSA, AgriSA and the National African Farmers Union, to deal with labour problems in that province.
"The department's provincial inspection and enforcement directorates have in their work picked up a dramatic rise in the number of complaints relating to labour law floutings," the department's director-general Nkosinathi Nhleko said in a statement, issued during a visit to Limpopo.
They included illegal employment, exploitation of foreigners and more cases of child labour.
Nhleko said most complaints emanated from the farming, construction and security industries.
As a result, he intended leading inspections to assess compliance with labour laws. These were expected to start in August in all provinces bordering neighbouring countries, and would involve the SA Revenue Service and police.
"A number of dynamics emerging in the provinces bordering foreign countries are beginning to undermine our work as a department. This situation is worrying. We cannot forsake our responsibility when compliance with labour laws is undermined."
The first inspection would be in Musina, Limpopo, which borders Zimbabwe. The department also planned to meet with agricultural unions TauSA, AgriSA and the National African Farmers Union, to deal with labour problems in that province.
