14 December – Labour

Today we spoke to Thozamile Ngcozela from the Department of Transport and Public works. We were talking about the Zenzele Road Maintenance Programme. The Zenzele Road Maintenance Programme aims to improve the existing roads infrastructure by employing community members to conduct routine and periodic road maintenance. If you want more information you can contact department at (021) 483 8773.

We also spoke to Sonja Lawson. Sonja is a Talent Development Manager from Calling the Cape. Calling the Cape was founded to promote and develop the IT-enabled services industry in Cape Town, with a strong initial focus on contact centres. The mandate of Calling the Cape is to create jobs. And they will be running a CADET programme for free in January. The programme consists of 12 weeks formal training and 6months work experience in leading call centers. For more information about the CADET programme you can contact their offices at (021) 715 3256 or visit www.callingthecape.org.za

Our last interview was with Jan Truter - labour law specialist from Labourwise. We were talking about Pregnancy in the work place. There was a huge debate early this year about how working moms get a raw deal. Jan explained about issues concerning pregnancy and the employer, what is fair and what is not fair, and what is allowed and what is not allowed. According to paragraph 4.2 of the Code of Good Practice on the Protection of Employees during Pregnancy and after the Birth of Her Child no person may be discriminated against or dismissed on account of pregnancy. For more information about Labourwise you can contact their offices at (021) 852 3499 or visit www.labourwise.co.za

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