By Peter Kratz | Director
Overall MSR has placed 40,000 work days in the year so far. This represents a 50% decrease on the on the same period last year. The placement figures are more or less the same as 2007.
Casual work has been very difficult to find. The combined effect of the long term slow down internationally, together with the slow down related to infrastructure projects which was evident in the second half of 2010 and the continued lack of investment in all sectors has hit the casual work sector very hard. Unfortunately even while the SA economy has shown month on month growth for the past 8-9 months, jobs are still being shed in the formal sector.
The casual sector is therefore hit by double blows of reduced opportunity and increased numbers of unemployed work seekers.
At an assumed average of R 120 per day R3.5 million of wages have been secured for members. For each 1 rand spent by MSR placement MSR members have earned R4.40.
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