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Activation in the context of the unemployment insurance system in South Africa
Govindjee, Avinash; Olivier, Marius; Dupper, Ockert (Juta Law Publishing, 2011-01)The main aim of labour market activation policies is to bring jobless people from unemployment or inactivity into work or, at the very least, to influence the employment prospects of the unemployed positively. Activation ... -
Constitutional perspectives on unemployment security and a right to work in South Africa
Govindjee, Avinash; Dupper, Ockert (Juta Law Publishing, 2011-09)The endemic problem of unemployment poses a serious challenge to the realisation of South Africa's constitutional goals and values. One of the most glaring gaps in the assistance provided to the unemployed in South Africa ... -
Extending coverage of the unemployment insurance-system in South Africa
Dupper, Ockert; Olivier, Marius; Govindjee, Avinash (Juta Law Publishing, 2010-02)The scope of the Unemployment Insurance Act (UIA) is narrow as it continues to exclude the atypically employed (particularly independent contractors, so-called dependent contractors and those who are self-employed or ... -
Redesigning the South African Unemployment Insurance Fund : selected key policy and legal perspectives
Olivier, Marius; Dupper, Ockert; Govindjee, Avinash (Juta Law Publishing, 2011-01)This contribution examines selected issues from a policy and legal perspective. Against the background of the broader social security reform agenda in South Africa and the vision of a comprehensive social security system, ...