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Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2014 (Act 6 2014).

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South Africa
Freedom of association, collective bargaining and industrial relations
2014-08-15
National
Law, Act

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To amend the Labour Relations Act, 1995, so as to facilitate the granting of organisational rights to trade unions that are sufficiently representative; to strengthen the status of picketing rules and agreements; to amend the operation, functions and composition of the essential services committee and to provide for minimum service determinations; to provide for the Labour Court to order that a suitable person be appointed to administer a trade union or employers' organisation; to enable judges of the Labour Court to serve as a judge on the Labour Appeal Court; to further regulate enquiries by arbitrators; to provide greater protection for workers placed in temporary employment services; to regulate the employment of fixed term contracts and part-time employees earning below the earnings threshold determined by the Minister; to further specify the liability for employer's obligations; and to substitute certain definitions; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

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    Date of entry into force
    2015-01-01
    Proclamation No. R. 87, 2014

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