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EWN reports that Labour Registrar Lehlohonolo is concerned about non-compliance with financial management requirements by some trade unions and employer bodies.
This was the foremost issue that came up when the registrar’s office received complaints and copies of financial statements. The Labour Relations Act requires that every registered trade union and employers’ association must provide the registrar with certified auditors’ reports and financial statements on an annual basis. However, some of these bodies simply do not comply with this regulation. When they do comply, Molefe said, the state of their finances revealed several irregularities. "There seems to be a big problem with financial management. There is quite a lot of things that we feel could be done better so that management of the finances of workers’ money can be accounted for," Lehlohonolo observed. Three trade unions have been placed under administration over the past five years for failing to comply with the regulations. Now, the Registrar is facing legal challenges after taking action against trade unions for non-compliance. The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) has brought an application in the Labour Court accusing Molefe of being biased against the trade union. This was after Amcu was slapped with several letters by the Registrar over failure to make financial disclosures and the need for the union to hold regular congresses. Meanwhile, leaders of the Chemical, Energy, Paper, Printing, Wood and Allied Workers' Union, which was placed under administration for several transgressions, have also launched a court action against the union’s administrator.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Theto Mahlakoana at EWN
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