PSA not convinced new employment code will address the unemployment crisis [SOUND]

# The Public Servants Association says it notes the recent amendments to the Code of Practice on Dismissal, which aims to address South Africa’s persistently high unemployment rate. The Department of Employment and Labour says the amendments aim to simplify procedural fairness, redefine unfair labour practice, and retrenchment procedures. PSA’s Claude Naiker says they are not convinced that such amendments will address the country’s high unemployment rate: