Description

Bargaining councils deals with collective agreements, solve labour disputes, establish various schemes and comment on labour policies and laws.

Trade unions and employers’ organisations may apply to form bargaining councils.

The amalgamating bargaining councils may apply to the Registrar of Labour Relations at the Department of Labour to register an amalgamated bargaining council. Any bargaining council may decide to amalgamate with one or more bargaining council.

Steps to follow

• Apply to the Registrar of Labour Relations to register an amalgamated bargaining council.
• Submit:
  • two copies of Registration of Bargaining Council Form LRA3.11
  • a copy of the resolution to amalgamate, passed by each of the bargaining councils
  • a certificate from each council that the resolution complied with the respective councils’ constitutions.
• Attach a certificate of representativeness (issued to the council within 12 months prior to the application).

Legal framework

(Documents are provided in PDF format. To open PDF documents, you need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader 4 or higher installed on your computer.)

Labour Relations Act, 1995 (Act 66 of 1995),Section 34(2)

Service standard

It may take 60 days to process the application.

Cost

The service is free.

Forms to complete

(Forms are provided in PDF format. To open PDF documents, you need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader 4 or higher installed on your computer.)

Application for Registration of Amalgamated Bargaining Council, Form LRA3.11

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