The Bargaining Council for the Civil Engineering Industry (BCCEI) is a statutory body created under the Labour Relations Act (LRA) 66 of 1995 to provide for the co-regulation of stable and productive employment relations in the civil engineering industry.
Continue reading →The Statutory Council for the Squid and Related Fisheries of South Africa was established in August 2007 by the Honourable Minister of Labour, in terms of the Labour Relations Act, 66 of 1995. The Council is a completely independent body and therefore does not belong to and is not controlled by any political party, trade union or business. Currently there are three parties to this Council, namely (i) the Food and Allied Worker’s Union (FAWU), (ii) the United Democratic Food and Combined Worker’s Union (UDF&CWU) and the Small Employers Association for the Squid Industry (SEASI). Two members of each of these parties constitute the Executive Committee of this Statutory Council. This council is a statutory bargaining council.
Continue reading →The Statutory Council was accredited to resolve disputes in the Industry by the CCMA in June 2004. This council is a statutory bargaining council.
Continue reading →The Transnet Bargaining Council, like all other registered bargaining councils, is a creature of statute that consists of representatives from the admitted trade unions on the one hand and Transnet as the employer on the other. The main purpose of bargaining councils is to reach consensus on terms and conditions of employment.
Continue reading →The broad functions or purpose of the Council are to conclude collective agreements for the local government sector and enforce such collective agreements and to provide a dispute resolution function for the local government sector. This bargaining council is a registered government bargaining council. The SALGBC is established voluntarily in terms of the Labour Relations Act, by agreement between the employer organization (SALGA) and trade unions parties (IMATU and SAMWU). This agreement is contained in the Council’s Constitution (a collective agreement), which is the fundamental governing instrument that regulates the relationship between the employer organization and the trade union parties, to be read in conjunction with the Labour Relations Act.
Continue reading →The registered scope of the National Textile Bargaining Council as detailed in its Constitution consists of the following sub-sectors/ sections:
The National Bargaining Council of the leather industry is responsible for regulating and monitoring employment conditions in the national leather industry.
Continue reading →The National Bargaining Council for the Chemical Industry (NBCCI) is based in Johannesburg, South Africa and serves the Chemical sector nationally. The NBCCI draws its authority from various labour legislations of South Africa viz. Labour Relations Act of 1995, Basic Conditions of Employment Act and its Constitution. The primary aim of the NBCCI is to enhance labour peace within Chemical Industry. This is achieved through processes of dispute prevention and dispute resolution.
Continue reading →The National Bargaining Council for the Electrical Industry (NBCEI) is a statutory body created under the Labour Relations Act (LRA) 66 of 1995 to provide for the co-regulation of stable and productive employment relations in the electrical industry.
Continue reading →The National Association of Bargaining Councils (NABC) was formed in 1993 to unite industrial councils and serve as a platform to articulate common challenges faced by both labour and business representatives. Amendments to the Labour Relations Act (LRA) of 1995 greatly changed the face of industrial councils (now known as bargaining councils) by significantly increasing their role and power. The NABC played a leading role in the implementation of these amendments and unsured that its member councils were geared for these significant changes.
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