Labour Relations Amendment Act 6 of 2014

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6 of 2014

The Labour Relations Amendment Act 6 of 2014 aims:

  • to amend the Labour Relations Act, 1995, so as:
    • to facilitate the granting of organisational rights to trade unions that are sufficiently representative;
    • to strengthen the status of picketing rules and agreements;
    • to amend the operation, functions and composition of the essential services committee and to provide for minimum service determinations;
    • to provide for the Labour Court to order that a suitable person be appointed to administer a trade union or employers’ organisation;
    • to enable judges of the Labour Court to serve as a judge on the Labour Appeal Court;
    • to further regulate enquiries by arbitrators;
    • to provide greater protection for workers placed in temporary employment services;
    • to regulate the employment of fixed term contracts and part-time employees earning below the earnings threshold determined by the Minister;
    • to further specify the liability for employer’s obligations; and
    • to substitute certain definitions; and
  • to provide for matters connected therewith.

Commencement

1 January 2015, excluding Section 37(c) (Government Gazette 38317, 19 December 2014)

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