organisational rights

Limiting the Right of a Union to Organise in the Workplace

A union’s right to seek organisational rights in the workplace was curtailed by the Labour Appeal Court in Lufil Packaging (Isithebe) (A Division of Bidvest Paperplus (Pty) Ltd) v CCMA [2019] JOL 45056 (LAC).   The facts of the matter are as follows: Lufil Packaging manufactures paper bags and other paper-based products, and their business [...]

2019-12-13T08:07:22+02:00December 13th, 2019|General|Comments Off on Limiting the Right of a Union to Organise in the Workplace

Organisational Rights for Minority Unions

The most important change brought about by the amendments of the Labour Relations Amendment Act, No. 8 of 2018 (LRA) is the conferral of rights in terms of section 14 and section 16 to minority unions, which have in the past been given exclusively to majority unions. In addition, the amendments allow, if certain conditions [...]

2019-10-18T09:06:52+02:00October 18th, 2019|Labour Relations Act|Comments Off on Organisational Rights for Minority Unions
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