Labour Deputy Minister Nkosi Phathekile Holomisa has called on the taxi industry to provide good working condition for its workers. Speaking at the Taxi Summit in East London on Wednesday, he said: “It makes no sense that we invest hundreds of thousands of rands in very expensive vehicles and we ask our workers to exhaust themselves to the point where our vehicles become a threat unto themselves. Just as important as a fully functional brake system is in protecting your assets, so is the need that your driver or employees enjoy good working conditions.” Holomisa noted that the first sectoral determination for the taxi sector was promulgated in April 2005 and launched with stakeholders’ approval. “This determination has been amended a few times and fundamentally seeks to respond to the peculiar employment conditions that the sector requires,” he indicated. He also said the Unemployment Insurance Fund had initiated a number of major initiatives involving taxi owners, operators and their employers, but this “still remains an area where we need to make significant progress in order to say that we have made an impact.”
Posted on: Thu, 27 Nov 2014 12:25:52 +0000
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