The small business sector has been identified as a target by government to reduce South Africa’s
unemployment problem. There is existing research that most companies, including small
business, avoid taking on new employees to avoid, perceived, stringent labour legislation. This
research investigates whether small businesses adopt alternative employment strategies to labour
as a means to avoiding labour legislation.
The questionnaire was distributed to over 9000 small businesses in the metal and engineering
manufacturing sectors. Of the 214 responses only 194 could be used.
The results of the research point to a prevailing perception by those surveyed that labour
legislation is stringent in South Africa and that small businesses, in their efforts to avoid
compliance, chose to employ in the temporary and labour broker employment market.
Mechanisation is also an option used by small business to avoid legislation. Legislation is,
however, not always the only driver when businesses decide to mechanise. / Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2014. / pagibs2015 / Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) / Unrestricted
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:up/oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/45241 |
| Date | January 2014 |
| Creators | Mabilo, Joe |
| Contributors | Gildenhuys, Annelie, ichelp@gibs.co.za |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Mini Dissertation |
| Rights | © 2014 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. |
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