NEDLAC AGREES TO LABOUR LAW REVIEW NEGOTIATIONS PROCESS 

Government briefed Nedlac's Labour Market Chamber today on the content of the proposed amendments to the Labour Relations Act, the Basic Conditions of Employment Act and the Insolvency Act.

The Labour Market Chamber agreed to set up a sub-committee to negotiate the proposed amendments. The parties will now go back to their constituencies to get a mandate on which to negotiate. The committee will meet in an all-day session on 17 August to kick off the negotiations.

Both business and labour expressed their willingness to work with their constituencies in order to have an extensive mandate by 17 August, and to conclude the negotiations in the shortest possible time.

Government appealed to the parties to drive this process strongly, as it was important that the extended protection and the increased efficiencies that the amendments would introduce into the labour market were implemented as early as possible.