Labour Relations Act

LRA:

* Disputes not settled by conciliation are referred either to arbitration by a commissioner or a bargaining council, or to the Labour Court, depending on the classification of the dispute. Arbitration proceedings before the CCMA are meant to be expeditious (speedy or efficient) and cheap, and are subject only to review and not appeal.

* The Current LRA affords workers the freedom to strike but offers statutory protection against dismissal to those strikers who comply with the simplified procedures laid down by the Act. Workers cannot strike over matters that could be referred to arbitration or adjudication.

BCEA:

* Lays down conditions (except minimum wages) of employment such as:

-working hours

-annual and paid sick leave

-they are paid a premium for overtime

-accorded basic rights

EEA:

* Objective is to eliminate discrimination in the workplace and to promote affirmative action.

* Also to ensure that groups from previously disadvantaged by apartheid and other forms of discrimination are given more than equal chance of appointment and promotion.

* It’s divided into two parts:

COIDA:

* Ensures that employees or their dependents who have suffered injury, illness or death arising from the performance of work are compensated.

* COIDA replaced the Workmen’s Compensation Act, which it replaced in 1993.

* No payments are made in respect of temporary disabilities of three days or less.

UIA:

* Provide for benefits to employees who have lost their employment due to circumstances beyond their control.

* Only employees who earn below (R139 944, with effect from 1 July 2006) can claim benefits under the Act, and benefits are payable only if the claimant has previously been in employment and is seeking and willing to accept work, or is unable to work as a result of a scheduled illness, or is pregnant and has been employed for at least 13 weeks during the year preceding confinement.

OHSA:

* It imposes a...