Impact Of SDA Flashcards
Trains employees to improve productivity in the workplace.
Promotes self-employment and black entrepreneurship
Increases the retum on inves trment in education and training
Impact of the SDA on businesses
Positives/Advantages
Workplace is used as an active learning environ ment where employees can gain practical job
experience
Workplace discrimination can be addressed through training
Increases the number of skilled employees in areas where these skills are scarce
Business could become globally more competitive.
Encourages on-going skills development and learning to sustain the improvement of skills
development.
BBBEE-compliant businesses can improve their products/service delivery as they employ more
skilled workers.
Improves employment opportunities and labour movement of workers from previously
disadvantaged groups
AND/OR
Increases cost as the process requires a large amount of paperwork.
Implementation of the SDA can be difficult to monitor and control.
Negative/Disadvantages
Skills programmes may not always address training needs of employees.
Skils Development Levy could be an extra burden to financially struggling businesses
It may be monitored and controlled by government departments that do not have education and
training as their key priorities.
• The SETAS may not be well organised
and many courses offered by companies may not have
unit standards that relate to the course content
• Many service providers that offer training services are not SAQA accredited.
Employees are expected to attend learnerships during work hours which could affect the
production process/productivity.
Many businesses may not support this government initiative.
The ime and money spent on improving employee skills is wasted if they leave the business
Costly for businesses to employ a person to implement
manage and control leamerships
Unly companies with a staff payroll over R500 000 per annumN can daim the Skills
Development levy.
