 |
| Pretoria |
The
new ICT strategy will ensure policies in the department are implemented. The
department's mandate covers the regulation of the labour market, creation of
decent employment, promoting labour standards and fundamental rights, sound
labour relations, providing adequate social safety nets to protect vulnerable
workers and labour market competitiveness.
Investment in the
new ICT strategy will also cover the support and operational costs. It will
also encompass the operations of the department's public entities such as
Compensation Fund, the Unemployment Insurance Fund and Sheltered Employment
Factories.
"A new
paradigm has dawned upon us requiring that we reflect and take stock of the key
lessons learned from previous experiences. While doing that, we need to better
capacitate ourselves to deliver on the expectations of the masses of our people
who have entrusted us with a mandate so clear that we dare not fail them,"
said Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant on the new strategy.