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Annual Report 2022-2023

3.9 Foreign Workers

The tables below summarise the employment of foreign nationals in the Department in terms of salary band and major occupation. Table 3.9.1: Foreign workers by salary band for the period 1 April 2022 and 31 March 2023

01 April 2022

31 March 2023

Change

Salary band

% Of total

Number

% Of total

Number

Number

% Change

Lower skilled

0

0

0

0

0

0

Highly skilled production (Lev. 6-8) Highly skilled supervision (Level. 9-12)

2

33.33

2

33.33

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

OSD: Engineers and related

3

50

3

50

0

0

Level 9-12 Level 13-16

0 1 6

0

0 1 6

0

0 0 0

0 0 0

16.66

16.66

Total

100

100

Table 3.9.2:Foreign workers by major occupation for the period 1 April 2022 and 31 March 2023

01 April 2022

31 March 2023

Change

Major occupation

Number

% Of total

Number

% Of total

Number

% Change

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

3.1 Leave Utilisation

The Public Service Commission identified the need for careful monitoring of sick leave within the public service. The following tables provide an indication of the use of sick leave and disability leave. In both cases, the estimated cost of the leave is also provided.

Table 3.10.1: Sick leave for the period 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022

Number of Employees using sick leave

% Of total employees using sick leave

% Days with Medical certification

Average days per employee

Estimated Cost (R’000)

Salary band

Total days

Lower Skills (Level 1-2) Skilled (levels 3-5)

1077

13

137

12

8

R315

3516 2193

13 15

467 329

40 28

8 7

R1,520 R1,679

Highly skilled production (levels 6-8) Highly skilled supervision (levels 9 -12) Top and Senior management (levels 13-16)

1588

14

222

19

7

R2,686

188

14

26

2

7

R626

Total

8562

14

1181

100

7

R6,826

142

DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT