Employment and Labour Minister, T.W Nxesi and Deputy Minister, Moloi engage stakeholders on the road to Budget Vote

Minister of Employment and Labour, T.W Nxesi, Deputy Minister Boitumelo Moloi and Department’s Director-General, Thobile Lamati will address a stakeholder engagement session on the recently-amended Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases (COID) Act and the recently assented Employment Equity (EE) Act. Their addresses will be preceded by presentations on the amended COIDA and EE Act.

The Minister and Deputy Minister’s address to the breakfast session will be followed later in the day by the tabling of the Department of Employment and Labour’s Budget Vote for 2023/24 in the National Assembly at 14:00.

The Ministry’s budget address will focus on the Department’s allocation for the 2023/24 financial year, the recently amended labour legislation and related policy initiatives, the role of the inspectorate and enforcement of legislation, facilitation of job creation programmes, the role of Department’s entities, plans for the department in the year under review including its public entities and branches.

The full programme will be held as follows:

Stakeholder engagement session –

Venue: Lagoon Beach Hotel, Cape Town

Time: 08h00 to 11h00

Date: 09 May 2023

Budget Vote –

Venue: National Assembly

Time: 14h00 to 15h00

Date: 09 May 2023

Source: Government of South Africa