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Moneyweb reports that three employer organisations and four companies are taking the minister of labour, Mildred Oliphant, and the Metal and Engineering Industries Bargaining Council (MEIBC), to court.
Oliphant is accused of improperly extending collective agreements to so-called ‘non-parties’ – those who are not signatories to these agreements. The case is set down for hearing next month. The applicants in the case include the National Employers’ Association of SA (Neasa), the Plastic Converters Association of SA (Pcasa) and Border Industrial Employers’ Association. In its papers before the court, Neasa challenges the representivity of the Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (Seifsa), claiming it speaks for 3,044 employers versus Seifsa’s 1,989. Pcasa likewise claims to represent 433 employers and 33,000 employees, versus just 12 employers and 1 500 employees for Sefisa-affiliated companies. Should the applicants win the case, it could strike a powerful blow to the extension of centralised bargaining agreements.
- Read this report by Ciaran Ryan in full at Moneyweb
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