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ZAF-2002-L-62422
Breadcrumb
Title_of_text
Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2002 [No. 12 of 2002].
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
South Africa
Subjects (Classification)
Freedom of association, collective bargaining and industrial relations
Adopted on (Date of text)
2002-06-24
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
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.
Amended Text region
Amended text(s)
1995-11-29 (ZAF-1995-L-43174)
Labour Relations Act, 1995 [No. 66 of 1995].
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Labour Relations Amendment Act 2002
Author
South Africa Government Online
Publisher
Documents - Legislation
Country
South Africa
URL
http://www.info.gov.za/gazette/acts/2002/a12-02.pdf
File
ZAF62422.pdf (PDF of Act)
Serial region
Serial title
Official Gazette
Date
2002-06-24
Volume
Vol. 444
Number
No. 23540
Page range
pp. 2-61