Government needs to be taken to task for SA’s dismal economic growth environment
15 October 2019
UASA commends the Commission for Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) for its continued efforts to stem the tide of job losses in collaboration with various organisations.
Retrenchments in the 2018/2019 financial year were mostly due to the Fourth Industrial Revolution 4IR, the CCMA said during the release of its annual report. The commission reported it had managed to prevent 15 787 retrenchments out of a possible 38 588 during the year.
The number of jobs being shed via retrenchments is shocking given the current unemployment rate of 29%. We need to find new solutions to the unemployment crisis and take government to task for not creating a viable environment for economic growth. South Africa needs more people at work, not less, if we want to see a flourishing economy and build a society in which all people have a chance at a better life.
The CCMA’s dire warning that it foresees more retrenchments in workplaces, as factors such as 4IR take over the work environment, should be taken seriously.