MEIBC Request for Urgent Mandate from Plastic Industry Members
Dear Industry Members The Plastic Sector is enduring a strike since the 15th of October 2018, despite parties successfully concluding a collective agreement for plastic employers in the Plastic Negotiating Forum (PNF) on 17 June 2017. Please click here to view the current PNF Agreement. Up to date, all negotiations have broken down between [...]
NUMSA to face R1mil Fine for Violent Strike – MEIBC Plastics Sector
Dear Industry Members On Friday 02 November 2018, employers within the plastics industry obtained an interim order from the Labour Court, placing NUMSA and certain senior officials in contempt of court. According to the order, NUMSA faces a R1million fine, whereby the General Secretary, Irvin Jim may be liable to pay R100,000 in his [...]
Private Security Sector: New Sectoral Determination
Dear Industry Members As from yesterday, 01 November 2018, the new minimum wages as per the sectoral determination for the Private Security Sector comes into effect. Please click here to view the new wages. National Collective Bargaining Team Queries / CEO Membership: For any queries of existing members, or enquiries on how [...]
BCCEI Extension of Collective Agreements Effective from 24 September 2018
Dear Industry Members The Bargaining Council for the Civil Engineering Industry’s (BCCEI) Wage and Task Grade Collective Agreement and Conditions of Employment Collective Agreement has been published in the government gazette (Government Gazette Numbers 41888 and 41910). This was the final stage of the extension process. The effect is that these Agreements will come into [...]
MEIBC Collective Agreements to be Extended
Dear Industry Members Today earmarks a historic event at the MEIBC, as all the parties to the council met, and cast their votes whether or not they support the decision to request to the Minister of Labour to extend the following agreements to non-parties / non-signatories: Registration and Administration Expenses Collective Agreement (RAECA), which CEO [...]
Consolidated Employers Organisation: Amendments/Additions to the Constitution
1. To include the acronym CEO to CONSOLIDATED EMPLOYERS ORGANISATION. The name will read as follows: CONSOLIDATED EMPLOYERS ORGANISATION (CEO); 2. To include the definition of LARGE BUSINESS. To be defined as follows: “any commercial, financial, professional business or agricultural undertaking or venture that employs for the furtherance of its interest or activities one hundred [...]
Hospitality Sector Minimum Wage Increases for 2018/2019
The minimum wage for South Africa's vulnerable sector of hospitality will be revised upward with effect from 01 July 2018. The new Hospitality Sectoral Determination which governs the minimum wage rate in the sector, will be effective until 30 June 2019. The minimum rate for employers with 10 or less employees will be a monthly [...]
Civil Engineering Sector concludes three year agreement
Dear Civil Industry Members On Monday 18 June 2018, the Bargaining Council for the Civil Engineering Industry (BCCEI) announced the signing between all parties in the civil engineering sector of a three-year settlement agreement with respect to wages and conditions of employment. The settlement will come into force from promulgation by the Minister of [...]
Update: National minimum wage & UIF changes
NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE CHANGES Yesterday, the National Assembly at Parliament officially passed the National Minimum Wage Bill. This bill means that all workers, except those employees who fall under the following sectors: domestic, farm, forestry, Extended Public Works Programs (EPWP) and learnerships, should earn no less than R20 per hour as a minimum wage. [...]
Bus Strike Over
Employers and employees alike in the industry have resumed its bus services after a three-week long strike regarding wages and working conditions. A settlement was reached late yesterday. Parties have agreed to a 9% wage hike for the first year and 8% for the second year and backdated to the 1st of April 2018 being [...]