南非豪登省华人商家：就业与劳工部11月20日办合规倡导会，副部长与中国大使将出席
南非豪登省的华人商家将有一场专门面向他们的劳工合规倡导会：南非就业与劳工部10月28日宣布，该部监察与执法服务处将于11月20日上午9时至下午1时，在凯姆普顿公园的 Premier Hotel OR Tambo 为华人商家举办倡导会，讲解就业、劳工与移民法规的合规要求。
就业与劳工部副部长约莫·西比娅（Jomo Sibiya）与中国驻南非大使吴鹏共同推动了这项倡议，两人届时都将出席发言。倡导会针对华人商家经营中被点名的一系列问题：工资过低、不符合国家最低工资标准、没有书面合同、不公平解雇、工时过长且不付加班费、缺乏带薪病假与年假、工作与卫生设施条件差、缺乏防护装备与职业健康安全措施、工伤后得不到赔偿救济、对失业保险福利不了解等。
公告还列出更严重的问题：剥削外国公民与无证工人、对举报违规行为的工人进行打击报复，以及工作场所的性骚扰与性别暴力。
该部列出的预期成果包括：提高商家对劳工立法的认识；推动未登记工人纳入失业保险基金与工伤赔偿基金体系；加强多部门协调；加快处理工人申诉；增进对政府机构的信任；提升华人商家雇主的合规水平；以及不雇佣无证劳工移民。
就业与劳工部发言人为 Teboho Thejane。据该部公告，这类倡导会是监察与执法服务处面向特定商业社区的倡导工作，目的是先提升守法意识、再谈执法。
South Africa's Gauteng Chinese Business Community: Labour Department to Hold Compliance Advocacy Session on November 20, Deputy Minister and Chinese Ambassador to Speak
Chinese business owners in South Africa's Gauteng province are to get a labour-compliance advocacy session organised specifically for them: the Department of Employment and Labour announced on October 28 that its Inspection and Enforcement Services branch will host the session for the Chinese business community on November 20, from 09:00 to 13:00, at the Premier Hotel OR Tambo in Kempton Park, covering compliance with employment, labour and immigration legislation.
Deputy Minister of Employment and Labour Jomo Sibiya and Chinese Ambassador to South Africa Wu Peng partnered on the initiative and will both speak at the session. The department listed the issues the session will address: low wages and non-compliance with the National Minimum Wage; absence of written contracts and unfair dismissals; long working hours without overtime pay; lack of paid sick leave and annual leave; poor working and sanitation facilities; lack of protective equipment and health-and-safety measures; workplace injuries without access to compensation; and lack of awareness of Unemployment Insurance benefits.
The announcement also cited more serious problems: exploitation of foreign nationals and undocumented workers, victimisation of workers who report violations, and sexual harassment and gender-based violence in the workplace.
Expected outcomes include better awareness of labour legislation among employers, formalisation of unregistered workers into the Unemployment Insurance Fund and Compensation Fund systems, stronger multi-departmental coordination, faster responses to worker grievances, stronger trust in government institutions, improved compliance among Chinese business employers, and non-employment of undocumented labour migrants.
The departmental spokesperson is Teboho Thejane. According to the department, the advocacy session forms part of its inspection and enforcement outreach to specific business communities, aimed at raising compliance awareness.
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图片来源：图：约翰内斯堡 Cyrildene 华人区的牌坊，豪登省华人聚居区的地标。照片：Sobaka，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。Photo: The paifang in Cyrildene, Johannesburg's Chinese quarter in Gauteng. Photo: Sobaka, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
