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2024 examination
Occupational health ,safety and law (OHS2601)
University of South Africa
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STUDENT NUMBER: 53384555
NAME AND SURNAME: SILINDILE ZAMA CONCO
OHS2601 EXAMINATION
DATE: 13 May 2024 QUESTION 1 i. The South African social security has some shortcomings, and it cannot provide comprehensive social security protection to everyone in the country. The major shortcomings are: - Social insurance schemes only protect workers in the formal sector of the economy (formal employment bias). - The extent of inequality in the system between genders, races, and rural and urban employees. - Social insurance only provides protection against certain risks (risk-based approach); and - The administration of the system is fragmented, which leads to increasing inefficiency, confusion, and lack of accountability. ii. (1) The compulsory deductions to be made from the salary of its employees (2) When, where and to which funds these must be paid. (3) What contributions the employer has to make
- Must know partie’s rights
- Duties
- Entitlement and the process to foll to access these benefits iii. Social assistance is sometimes also called ‘welfare’ because social assistance in South Africa is mainly concerned with the payment of grants to the poor Social insurance refers to scheme where an employee contributes to an insurance fund and when the employee comes across specific risk which affects her/his ability to earn an income (for example, when she/he loses her/his employment or falls pregnant) the employee may claim some form of benefit from that insurance fund. QUESTION 2 i) An employer may not dismiss an employee, reduce his/her salary or detrimentally alter his/her service conditions because the employee provided information that he/she
is required to provide in terms of the OHSA, to someone charged with the administration of OHSA, or because the employee complied with a lawful notice or did something which, in terms of the OHSA, should have been done, or did not do something prohibited in terns of the OHSA, or gave evidence before the Labour Court or a court of law. ii) Reasonably practicable means practicable having regard to: - The severity and scope of the hazard or risk concerned. - The state of knowledge reasonably available concerning that hazard or risk and of any means of removing or mitigating that hazard or risk. - The availability and suitability of means to remove or mitigate that hazard or risk, and the cost of removing or mitigating that hazard or risk in relation to the benefit deriving therefrom. - The cost of removing or mitigating the risk iii) Any worker who: - Gives information about their condition at work or information that the Act states they have to give. - Gives evidence in court. - Responds to any request of an inspector. - Refuses to do anything that is against the law. QUESTION 3 i) A person with interest will be: - A person injured or who suffered damage as a result of the incident. - An employer involved in the incident. - A person who could reasonably be held responsible for the incident. - A trade union whose member(s) was/were injured/affected/implied. - An owner or occupier of premises where the incident took place. - Anyone who can prove an interest. ii) When the inquiry is concluded, the presiding inspector has to compile a report and submit it to the Attorney General who will decide whether or not to proceed with criminal procecution. iii) Major incident is an occurrence of catastrophic proportions, resulting from the use of plant or machinery, or from activities in the workplace; as a situation where the health and safety of any person is endangered, and as situation where a dangerous substance is spilled.
2024 examination
Course: Occupational health ,safety and law (OHS2601)
University: University of South Africa
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