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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Osotsi",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, when you talk about the Employment Act, the amendment to this is basically trying to define the keywords like who is an employee, who is an employer and other terms like business process outsourcing. It also sets out the obligation of business process outsourcing companies. These are companies which are established here to offer services, mostly customer-related services to multinationals abroad. This is a huge business, but it has not been regulated before. So, this Bill will provide a process in which people will be engaged, contracted and possibly comply with the obligations under our laws. Madam Temporary Speaker, when it comes to the amendments to the Occupational Safety and Health Act, this will also provide further definition of the words, “employee, employer, workplace”, to provide recognition of remote locations as workplaces. This is very important, particularly for business outsourcing companies. The Business Laws (Amendment) Bill also seeks to amend the Affordable Housing Act in Section 2, by defining affordable housing scheme. It also introduces a new definition of the words, “administration fee, social, physical and urban infrastructure”. In my opinion, this is important, to provide clarity where we had ambiguities in the Affordable Housing Act, so that the fees that are charged, for instance, administration fees, are clearly defined in the law. The Land Act amendment amends Section 90 by reducing the timelines given to a chargee, to 40 days when dealing with affordable housing. It goes further to amend Section 96 of the Land Acts by introducing a new sub-section, which requires the chargee before exercising the power of sale to take 20 days while seeking to sell property. This is important, under the Affordable Housing Act. Madam Temporary Speaker, with those contributions, I support this Bill. Thank you."
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