Basic Conditions of Employment Amendment 2010

Updated:

2012-05-14

Note on progress:

Published for comment by 17 February 2011

Preliminary documents:

Briefing Paper access for Bill Tracker subscribers, or purchase this document

Originator:

Minister of Labour

Draft Bill

Draft bill full text:

Published in GG 33873 of 17 December 2010 - access for Government Gazette subscribers, or purchase this document

Year of publication:

2010

Publication for comment (draft bill):

Published in GG 33873 of 17 December 2010 - access for Government Gazette subscribers, or purchase this document

Explanatory summary:

Published in GG 35212 of 5 April 2012 - access for Government Gazette subscribers, or purchase this document

Further Information

SabinetLaw articles:

Labour Bills Published for Comment

Negotiations Begin Soon on Proposed Changes to Labour Legislation

Minister of Labour: Cooperation Needed in Government’s Efforts to Improve Labour Market

Discussion Documents on Proposed New Labour Legislation: Parliamentary Select Committee Briefings

Labour Minister Provides Update on NEDLAC Negotiations

Labour Law Amendment Bills to be Promulgated during 2011/12 Fiscal Year

Draft Amendments to Labour Law: “Speed Up” NEDLAC Process, Says Minister

NEDLAC Wraps Up Negotiations on LRA and BCEA Draft Amendment Bills

Cluster Briefing Clarifies Status of Two Labour Law Amendment Bills

Government Updates Parliament on Proposed New Labour Legislation

Labour Law Amendment Bills: Ready for Cabinet "by March 2013"

LRA and BCEA Amendment Bills to Be Tabled in Parliament "Shortly"

News articles:

SA's sweeping labour reforms - City Press (2010-12-19)
Politics of labour will cost SA jobs - Business Day (2010-12-20)
Cosatu welcomes labour broking bill - Business Day (2010-12-21)
'Mother of all battles in 2011' - Cosatu - ITWeb (2011-01-03)
Labour Bill hearings start on Jan 18 - The Citizen (2011-01-11)
Red flags raised over labour Bills - Mail & Guardian (2011-01-14)
DA: withdraw labour bills - Business Report (2011-01-17)
Cosatu slams 'myth' over labour brokers - Fin24 (2011-01-17)
Leaked labour report to hit govt - Fin24 (2011-01-17)
Labour broking ban slammed - ITWeb (2011-01-17)
Cabinet 'snubs own labour bills report' - Business Day (2011-01-18)
Government unveils new wage regulation bills - Times Live (2011-01-18)
Proposed labour legislation 'open to debate' - Mail & Guardian (2011-01-18)
BMF supports labour broking changes - Mail & Guardian (2011-01-18)
South Africa's labour annus horribilis? - MoneyWeb (2011-01-18)
Long way to go for new labour laws - Polity.org.za (2011-01-18)
State 'open' to changing contentious labour laws - Business Day (2011-01-19)
Labour law amendments hearing continue - The Citizen (2011-01-19)
'Ending contract work not the aim' - Fin24 (2011-01-25)
Proposed new labour laws are the mother of all madness (Opinion) - Business Day (2011-01-31)
Bills 'would make hiring staff difficult' - Business Day (2011-02-01)
New labour laws will damage the economy - Business Day (2011-02-02)
Abandon rhetoric to get the balance of labour laws right - Business Day (2011-02-09)
Time running out for labour submissions - Business Report (2011-02-14)
Proposed labour law changes could spur job losses, lawyers warn - Polity.org.za (2011-02-14)
Time running out for submissions on proposed labour laws - The Citizen (2011-02-14)
Busa joins call for labour bills redraft - Business Day (2011-02-18)
Labour legislation and policy should be reviewed - Moneyweb (2011-02-18)
SACCI comments on the draft labour bills - Moneyweb (2011-02-18)
Labour law changes not 'anti-job creation': minister - The Citizen (2011-02-24)
No job losses from law changes: Davies - News24 (2011-02-24)
World Bank warns about too many labour rules - Business Day (2011-03-04)
Nedlac silent on labour laws - Business Day (2011-03-11)
New laws will stifle job creation: Busa - Fin24 (2011-03-18)
Controversial equity bill will change - Fin24 (2011-05-25)
DOL to tackle labour broking - ITWeb (2011-05-25)
Mani labour bills rejected - The New Age (2011-06-29)
'Labour law amendments still on the table' - Business Report (2011-06-30)
Labour broking stays - ITWeb (2011-07-20)
Wrap up labour bills: minister - The Citizen (2011-10-18)
Minister wants finality on labour bills - Business Day (2011-10-19)
SA businesses wait for clarity on labour bills - Business Live (2011-11-09)
Nedlac agrees on labour law amendments - Business Report (2011-12-05)
No consensus on proposed labour bills - MoneyWeb (2011-12-06)
Nedlac passes labour bills for drafting - Business Report (2012-02-10)
Cabinet scheduled to approve labour bills - Business Report (2012-03-19)
Amendment bills to address labour broking - BuaNews (2012-03-22)
Cosatu unhappy over labour bills - The Citizen (2012-03-22)
Labour Bill does not ban brokers - The Citizen (2012-03-22)
New bills do little to ease labour broking fears - Mail & Guardian (2012-03-22)
Labour bills stop short of banning brokers - Fin24 (2012-03-22)
Cabinet approves Labour Bill, doesn't ban brokers - City Press (2012-03-22)
Cabinet approves contentious new labour legislation - Business Day (2012-03-22)
New labour bills 'threat to jobs', says business - Business Day (2012-03-23)
Labour bills approved - The Witness (2012-03-23)
Labour bills "will not survive public scrutiny" - Business Day (2012-03-23)
DA to table amendments to labour law - The Citizen (2012-03-25)
Incompetent bosses' days numbered - Fin24 (2012-03-25)
Labour bills could stifle job growth, business organisations warn - Engineering News (2012-03-26)
Busa: Labour changes will damage business - Fin24 (2012-03-27)
Busa calls for state to probe regulatory effect of labour bills - Business Day (2012-03-28)
'Rushed' labour Bills under fire - Mail & Guardian (2012-03-30)
Labour bills to tackle illegal strikes - Business Report (2012-04-04)
Labour bills will increase CCMA's efficiency, department says - Business Day (2012-04-04)
Labour bills to increase CCMA efficiency - Post (2012-04-04)
Labour changes to aid workers, CCMA - News24 (2012-04-04)
State explains labour amendments - Business Report (2012-04-04)
New labour Bill to curb illegal strikes - Mail & Guardian (2012-04-04)
Labour bills to tacle illegal strikes - Sowetan (2012-04-04)
Labour bills to curb illegal strikes - Fin24 (2012-04-04)
Labour bills lay new ground rules for strikes - Business Day (2012-04-05)
Labour bills ignore farmworkers - Business Report (2012-04-05)
Labour bills ignore farm workers: FAWU - Business Live (2012-04-05)
Cosatu doubts effectiveness of strike ballots - Mail & Guardian (2012-04-05)
Cosatu: strike ballots won't curb violence - Fin24 (2012-04-05)
Labour bills to go before Parliament - Business Report (2012-04-11)
Sacci: Labour laws will curb job creation - Fin24 (2012-04-12)
Labour broking dominates briefings - ITWeb (2012-04-20)
Attempt to hold brokers responsible - Fin24 (2012-04-23)
Labour laws to set new course - Bua News Online (2012-04-30)
Major labour law amendments imminent - MoneyWeb (2012-05-10)

Speeches and statements:

Media briefing on the bills amending the Labour Relations Act, the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, Employment Equity Act and the Employment Services Bill, 2010 - Department of Labour - South African Government Information (2010-12-15)
Draft labour bills put jobs in jeopardy - statement by Ian Ollis, DA MP - Politicsweb (2010-12-19)
Statement by Business Unity South Africa, on new labour bills - Polity.org.za (2011-01-18)
The BMF is vehemently opposed to the abusive practices of labour broking - statement by the Black Management Forum - Politicsweb (2011-01-18)
Solidarity cautions on new labour laws - statement by Johan Kruger, Solidarity Research Institute - Politicsweb (2011-01-19)
Labour bills to go to Parliament in 2011/2012 - speech by Minister of Labour, Mildred Nelisiwe Oliphant - Politicsweb (2011-01-24)
New labour laws could cause laws of 1m jobs - Adcorp - Politicsweb (2011-02-10)
Media statement on the status of labour brokers and the National Economic and Development Labour Council (NEDLAC) negotiations on Labour Law Amendments - Labour Minister, Mildred Oliphant - South African Government Information (2011-07-19)
How LRA and BCEA are to be amended - Mildred Oliphant - statement by the Ministry of Labour - Politicsweb (2012-03-22)
DA to fight to amend labour bills in Parliament - statement by Tim Harris, DA MP - Politicsweb (2012-03-25)
Labour bills onerous and punitive - statement by BUSA - Politicsweb (2012-03-27)
Agri-SA seriously concerned at labour bills - statement by Johannes Moller, president of Agri-SA - Politicsweb (2012-03-27)
Major overhauls for labour laws - statement by Department of Labour - South African Government Information (2012-04-04)
NUMSA Ekurhuleni opposed to labour law amendments - statemeny by Jacob Xilongo, NUMSA - Politicsweb (2012-04-23)

Articles on the Web:

Safeguarding jobs, protecting the vulnerable - a DA Discussion Document on Proposed Labour Laws - Politicsweb (2011-01-17)
New labour law lunacy - J Urbach, Fee Market Foundation (2011-02-03)
Practical ramifications of the governments four labour bills - A Jeffery (2011-03-24)
New labour bills to strengthen trade unions - I Israelstam, Labour Law Management Consulting (2012-04-13)
Proposed amendments to the Labour Relations Act and the Basic Conditions of Employment Act - A Vatalidis and B Workman-Davies, Werksmans Attorneys (2012-05-07)

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