Shane Godfrey Johann Maree Jan Theron () (Institute of Development and Labour Law,University of Cape Town)
Abstract
The research examines the different forms of regulation of conditions of employment (i.e. bargaining council agreements, the Basic Conditions of Employment Act (BCEA), and sectoral determinations) and what sort of accommodation they make for small firms. Three key areas are examined - the coverage of the regulations (and the representivity of bargaining councils) as well as non-compliance with the regulations; the enforcement of regulations; and exemptions (or variations) from the regulations. Furthermore, most exemptions come from small firms and many more exemptions come from non-party than party firms. A number of bargaining councils also have ‘blanket’ exemptions for small and new firms. It is not possible to compare the exemptions data with the data on variations from the BCEA and sectoral determinations because of the high number of pending variation applications..
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Paper provided by University of Cape Town, Development Policy Research Unit in its series Working Papers with number
9602.
Length: 115 pages Date of creation: Mar 2006 Date of revision: Publication status: Published in Working Paper Series by the Development Policy Research Unit, March 2006, pages 1-115 Handle: RePEc:ctw:wpaper:9602