CCMA ANNUAL REPORT

Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration Annual Report 2022/23

3.3. PROGRAMME THREE (3): SPECIAL INTERVENTIONS AND SUPPORT TABLE 8: PROGRAMME THREE (3): SPECIAL INTERVENTIONS AND SUPPORT PROGRAMME THREE (3) SPECIAL INTERVENTIONS AND SUPPORT PROGRAMME PURPOSE

The CCMA/BUSA Web Tool forms part of the Presidential Job Summit Framework Agreement of 4 October 2018. The project emanated from a BUSA study conducted in 2015/16, which showed that small businesses were in need of guidance in respect of labour relations and that this was a key impediment to their formalisation and willingness to employ people. The free-to-use SME Labour Support Web Tool provides dedicated guidance to smaller businesses on labour relations processes and matters.

INSTITUTIONAL OUTCOMES

• Effective support to Presidential projects

3.3.1. OUTCOMES, OUTPUTS, OUTPUT INDICATORS, TARGETS AND ACTUAL ACHIEVEMENTS The CCMA continued to effectively support the Presidential projects by implementing 111.54% (29/26) of Phase Three (3) of the CCMA/BUSA Web Tool project. This was due to additional statutory resource material that was uploaded to the Web Tool i.e., the amendments to the BCEA (1997) threshold and to Schedule one (1) of the NMWA, as well as the new Code of Good Practice on Protest Action to Promote or Defend Socio-economic Interests of Workers. During the 2022/23 financial year, the CCMA received a total of 47 Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme (TERS) applications. Twenty-two applications were either defective/abandoned or withdrawn. The TERS Single Adjudication Committee (SAC) considered 29 applications. Fourteen applications were recommended, whilst 13 were not recommended. Six (6) applications were in process pending declarations confirmation and/or calculations by the UIF. Only a single application is in process and pending finalisation by the SAC. It should be noted that 11 applications were carried over from the two (2) previous financial years (2020/21 and 2021/22). The total number of employees due to benefit from TERS applications were recorded at 1 406, at a total cost of R47.8 million to TERS. The decline in the number of applications compared to the previous year was mainly attributed to compliance challenges linked directly to UIF compliance processes and excessive delays in the conclusion of Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) and payment of tranches.

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