Skills Development In The Workplace
Calling all business owners and interns
The Skills Development Act in South Africa was created to help develop the skills for South African people in the workplace , enabling job seekers to improve their chances of finding work and keeping a job .
Its purpose is to improve productivity in the workplace for employers , the competitiveness of employers as well as to promote self-employment .
EMPLOYER BENEFITS
• Train young people to groom for employment
• Create jobs ( while assisting in alleviating poverty in SA )
• Tax incentives
• Improve BBBEE Skills Development scoring
EMPLOYER OPPORTUNITIES
• Mandatory grants access - 20 % of the 1 % skills levies you have paid will be paid back to you .
• Discretionary grants access – internships , learnerships , bursaries and skills programmes .