Labour Reform in South Africa: Measuring Regulation and a Synthesis of Policy Suggestions
Labour Reform in South Africa: Measuring Regulation and a Synthesis of Policy Suggestions
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南非的劳工改革：衡量监管和综合政策建议
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2009
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H. Cheadle
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H. Bhorat;H. Cheadle
尽管南非经济被正式归类为中上收入国家，但它是世界上失业率最高的国家之一。官方公布的经济失业率为 26.7% 和 38.8%。这一特征比其他任何特征都更能将市场监管置于南非相关政策问题议程的重要位置。因此，为了使有关劳动法规和工人保护的辩论更加成熟，本文有两个关键目标。首先，我们试图在国际比较背景下为南非提供更加细致和基于经验的劳动监管和工人保护措施。其次，我们尝试对南非劳动力市场中存在的一些关键立法和制度挑战进行法律概述。我们还尝试概述与南非劳动力市场实际和感知僵化程度相关的证据。所使用的证据有望为迄今为止有关南非劳工监管的范围和性质的辩论增加价值。
Even though the South African economy is formally categorised as an upper-middle income country, it has one of the highest unemployment rates in the world. The economy’s unemployment rate stands officially at 26.7 per cent and 38.8 per cent. This characteristic, more than any other, has placed market regulation high on the agenda of pertinent policy issues in South Africa. This paper, then, in trying to mature the debate on labour regulation and worker protection, has two key objectives. Firstly, we attempt to provide more nuanced and empirically-based measures of labour regulation and worker protection for South Africa, within an international comparative context. Secondly, we attempt a legal overview of some of the key legislative and institutional challenges that exist within the South African labour market. We also attempt an overview of the evidence relating to the degree of actual and perceived rigidity within the South African labour market. The evidence utilised will hopefully add value to the debates thus far on the extent and nature of labour regulation in South Africa.