WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM REPORT
UN agency and WEF at odds over SA’s labour relations
The International Labour Organisation's Pretoria office has rejected a World Economic Forum report ranking SA last for employer-worker relations
The International Labour Organisation’s (ILO’s) Pretoria office has rejected a World Economic Forum (WEF) report that ranks SA as the worst-performing country when it comes to labour-employer relations. The study, which was released this week, ranks SA at the bottom of 137 countries in a Global Competitiveness Report. However, ILO director Joni Musabayana dismissed the report, saying its finding was not sufficiently supported by comparative analysis or evidence of tension between management and workers. Musabayana said data relied on by the WEF failed to take into account that agreements between labour and employers in SA were reached peacefully. The data used in the report was obtained from "leading international sources as well as from the WEF’s annual Executive Opinion Survey, a distinctive source that captures the perspectives of more than 14,000 business leaders on topics related to competitiveness". Cosatu has welcomed the report, saying it was a reflection of what was being w...
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