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Dispute discussions continue between Employers & Trade Unions
Date: 2 September 2021: At today’s CCMA facilitated bargaining council dispute sub-committee meeting held between the trade unions, the SEIFSA affiliated Employer Associations, NEASA and SAEFA, all the parties agreed to continue negotiations in a serious endeavour to...
IMPACT SESSION: Practical Strike Preparation 4 – overview
Members Only Copy of Practical Strike Preparation (#4) and Industry Update 18/08/2021
Off-Set Agreement 2021
Off-Set Agreement entered into between XYZ Company And ABC Employees Background: Employees approached the company and requested that an interim increase be made effective from the 01st July 2021. This has come about as the current Main Agreement expired on...
STRIKE, PICKETING AND LOCK-OUT HANDLING GUIDELINES 2021
MAIN AGREEMENT NEGOTIATIONS: 2021 Introduction SEIFSA member companies will be aware that the Main Agreement Wages and Conditions of Employment Negotiations are currently under way. It is anticipated that the trade unions may declare a dispute against the employer...
SEIFSA declares a COUNTER dispute against NUMSA
The SEIFSA Council at its meeting today unanimously agreed to declare a counter dispute against the National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa (NUMSA) for refusing to accept the proposed Settlement Agreement tabled at the last negotiating meeting held on 28 July...
SEIFSA appoints Lucio Trentini CEO
JOHANNESBURG, 2 AUGUST 2021 – Industry veteran Lucio Trentini has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (SEIFSA) with immediate effect. SEIFSA Board Chair, Elias Monage in acknowledged the...
NUMSA LETTER OF DISPUTE DECLARATION WITH ALL EMPLOYER PARTIES TO THE MEIBC
On 29 July 2021 NUMSA issued a formal notice of declaration which was served on Employer Parties in the Federated and non-Federated forums, however, does not appear to have been issued to the PNF. Further, it is currently only NUMSA who have declared a dispute. I will...
Industry Circular No. 2021/01 – Covid-19 Lockdown Alert Level 4
Subsequent to the President of the Republic of South Africa announcing the reviewal of lockdown regulations from alert level 3 to 4 in the evening of 27 June 2021, Council management has considered it prudent to also review its operations to ensure that while it...
Smart Sheet: Definition of an Employee
Does the relationship fit the definition of an Employment Relationship as defined by the Labour Relations Act?
Industry Updates May 2021
Kylie Griffin, KZNEIA Director, presents an information-packed Industry Update providing vital and current updates on the status of the Metal and Engineering Industries Main Agreement pre-negotiation updates, as well as potential outcomes which KZNEIA hopes to gain at...