This news aggregator site highlights South African labour news from a wide range of internet and print sources. Each posting has a synopsis of the source article, together with a link or reference to the original. Postings cover the range of labour related matters from industrial relations to generalist human resources.
Mining Weekly reports that Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) said on Thursday that the labour issues at its Mototolo platinum mine in Limpopo have been resolved.
The General Industrial Workers Union has accepted that the proposed medical aid meets the requirement of the ‘Section 197’ transfer, undertaken after Amplats acquired Glencore’s 39% and Kagiso Tiso’s 11% interest in Mototolo. “We’re pleased that we’ve been able to reach a mutually acceptable outcome through negotiations. Our priority is now to safely restore the mine to full production as quickly as it is practical to do so,” Amplats CEO Chris Griffith indicated. Earlier this month, Amplats dismissed 643 Mototolo employees for embarking on an unprotected strike. Since then, ongoing engagements with the union have culminated in the signing of a collective agreement reinstating all the dismissed employees, who must report for duty by Friday. While the ‘no work, no pay’ principle will apply in respect of time absent from work during the duration of the strike, the agreement makes provision for employees to earn back their lost income within the next four months, through working additional shifts and making up for lost production.
- Read the full original of the report on this matter at Mining Weekly
Get other news reports at the SA Labour News home page