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Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2002 [No. 12 of 2002].

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South Africa
Freedom of association, collective bargaining and industrial relations
2002-06-24
National
Law, Act

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Amends Labour Relations Act 1995. Provides for the following matters: enforcement of collective bargaining agreements; extension of functions of bargaining councils so as to enhance effective enforcement of bargaining council agreements; rationalisation of registration and amalgamation of bargaining councils in public service; extension of information that bargaining councils must supply to registrar; extension of powers of Commission to make rules concerning procedures; making of regulations by Minister concerning representation at Commission; making of settlement agreements into arbitration awards or Labour Court orders; exclusion of application of Arbitration Act 1965 to bargaining council arbitration; concurrent appointment of Labour Court Judges as High Court Judges; regulation of right of employees not to be subjected to unfair labour practices; regulation of resolution of disputes concerning occupational detriment in terms of Protected Disclosures Act 2000; clarification and revision of procedures for resolving disputes in respect of dismissals based on employer's operational requirements; expediting of resolution of disputes by Commission by conciliation or arbitration; clarification of transfer of contracts of employment in the case of transfers of business, trade or undertaking as a going concern, rebuttable presumption as to who is an employee, as well as some related matters.

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    Serial title
    Official Gazette
    Date
    2002-06-24
    Volume
    Vol. 444
    Number
    No. 23540
    Page range
    pp. 2-61