Summary LRA Schedule 4 Dispute Resolution Charts

LABOUR RELATIONS ACT
SCHEDULE 4: DISPUTE RESOLUTION



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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Schedule 4: Dispute Resolution ....................................................................................................... 1
1. Freedom of Association ............................................................................................................ 2
2. Organisational Rights ................................................................................................................ 3
3. Collective Agreements ............................................................................................................. 5
4. Collective Agreements (Agency Shop and Closed Shop Agreements)............................ 6
5. Councils ...................................................................................................................................... 7
6. Strikes and Lock-outs (Not in compliance with the Act) ...................................................... 8
7. Picketing ..................................................................................................................................... 9
8. Essential Services (Dispute of interest in essential service) .................................................. 10
9. Workplace Forum -1 (Joint Decision Making) ...................................................................... 11
10. Unfair Dismissal - 1 (Automatically unfair reasons) ............................................................. 12
11. Unfair Dismissal - 2 (Strikes and reasons related to closed shops).................................... 13
12. Unfair Dismissal - 3 (Misconduct / incapacity) ................................................................... 14
13. Unfair Dismissal - 4 (Operational Requirements) ................................................................ 15
14. Unfair Labour Practice .......................................................................................................... 16




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, 1. FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION




Item Note


This procedure is relevant to the interpretation or application of
Chapter II. For example, if an employer threatens to dismiss an
employee unless the employee resigns from a trade union, that
Dispute employee can enforce the rights conferred by this chapter in terms of
the procedure. If a trade union threatens to boycott an employer, for
example, because the employer institutes proceedings against the
union, the employer can enforce the rights in the same way.


The dispute must be referred to a council if the parties to the dispute
Council
fall within the council's registered scope.




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, 2. ORGANISATIONAL RIGHTS




Item Note


A registered trade union may notify an employer that it intends
to exercise organisational rights. The content of the notice is
Notification described in section 21(2). For example, if a registered trade
union is sufficiently representative, it may notify the employer
that it seeks to exercise the right of access.


The object of the meeting is to conclude a collective agreement
on the exercise of the organisational right. If there is no
agreement, the trade union can elect to exercise a right to
Meeting
strike, or it can refer the dispute to the commission. If the trade
union elects not to strike, it cannot refer a dispute over the
organisational rights to the commission for a period of 12 months.


The Act contemplates disputes and therefore determinations
about the definition of a workplace, the representativeness of
Determination
the union and the manner in which organisational rights are
exerted.




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