SCHEDULE 9 OF THE LABOUR RELATIONS ACT

In a bid to make bargaining councils more accommodating of the concerns of small, micro and medium-sized enterprises (SMMEs), the Labour Relations Act states that a bargaining council agreement must provide for the establishment of an independent exemptions board in order for the Minister of Labour to extend the agreement to non-parties. The Act also states that when appointing members to these exemptions boards, bargaining councils must pay due regard to the nominations made by the SMME-linked institutions listed in schedule 9 of the Act.

It was agreed in Nedlac on 17 October 1996 that the Ntsika Enterprise Promotion Agency and the Centre for Small Business Promotion should be listed in schedule 9.