Government doing research on changes to working hours in South Africa

The Department of Employment and Labour says there is room to conduct further research on work hours in South Africa.

Responding to a Parliamentary Q&A this past week, the department said that investigations into reducing work hours had been conducted in the past.

The country's current 45-hour maximum work week was one of the markers of the research.
However, it suggested that further research and new studies need to be conducted - looking at the possibility of reducing them further.

Thembinkosi Mkalipi, Chief Director of Labour Relations in the Department of Employment and Labour joins us now to discuss this further.

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