Case Note: The cost of safe working conditions for pregnant employees: Manyetsa v New Kleinfontein Gold Mine (Pty) Ltd (2018) 39 ILJ 415 (LC)

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Case Note: The cost of safe working conditions for pregnant employees: Manyetsa v New Kleinfontein Gold Mine (Pty) Ltd (2018) 39 ILJ 415 (LC)

Authors Asheelia Behari, Darren Subramanien, Tamara Cohen

ISSN: 2413-9874
Affiliations: Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Law, University of KwaZulu-Natal; Lecturer, School of Law, University of KwaZulu-Natal; Honorary Research Fellow, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Source: Industrial Law Journal, Volume 40 Issue 2, 2019, p. 732 – 745

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Note: Amendments to the CCMA Rules: Thoughts on the good, bad and the curious

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Note: Amendments to the CCMA Rules: Thoughts on the good, bad and the curious

Authors Stefan van Eck, Rudolf Kuhn

ISSN: 2413-9874
Affiliations: Professor of Labour Law and Director of the Centre of Insolvency, Labour and Company Law, University of Pretoria; Practicing Attorney, Rudolf Kuhn Attorney, Pretoria
Source: Industrial Law Journal, Volume 40 Issue 2, 2019, p. 711 – 731

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The disorganisation of organisational rights – recent case law and outstanding questions

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The disorganisation of organisational rights – recent case law and outstanding questions

Authors Emma Fergus

ISSN: 2413-9874
Affiliations: Senior Lecturer, Commercial Law Department, Institute of Development and Labour Law, University of Cape Town
Source: Industrial Law Journal, Volume 40 Issue 2, 2019, p. 685 – 710

Abstract

The regulation of organisational rights in South African law remains fraught. With reference to recent and contentious case law, this article considers selected questions which remain outstanding. In particular,the Constitutional Court’s decision in Police & Prisons Civil Rights Union v SA Correctional Services Workers Union & others is discussed, and aspects of the various judgments are critiqued. Whether organisational rights may be effectively categorised as statutory or contractual in nature is a highlighted issue. In addition, the definition of the workplace as it has been applied by both the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration and the courts is reviewed, along with the capacity of unions to acquire organisational rights through the statutory scheme, notwithstanding the nature of their membership. In conclusion, the author recommends that while clarity and certainty are urgently needed, they must be achieved in a way that facilitates the acquisition of organisational rights (in terms of the LRA) by trade unions, given the challenges which unions face today.