LETTER: Labour laws deter small firms from employing more staff
Exemptions are needed if entrepreneurs are going to deliver much-vaunted employment
Economists across the world are saying small business is the engine room for job creation (“Integrate support so start-ups make a dent in joblessness (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/2019-07-05-integrated-support-for-startups-the-solution-to-youth-unemployment/)”, July 5). We know here in SA big businesses are retrenching left, right and centre, and many are just closing down. We also know that the business community is, to a large degree, despondent, and it is alleged by the trade union movement that business has gone on an investment strike.
It’s all very well to look to the small-business community to tackle unemployment, and in particular youth unemployment. However, one needs to speak to small-business owners, who are all singing the same song. Almost every small business I encounter tells me that the regulatory authority in SA is too harsh...
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