Financial Management of Parliament Act, 2009
R 385
Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 1997 (Act No. 75 of 1997)Chapter Ten : Monitoring, Enforcement and Legal proceedingsPart A : Monitoring and Enforcement73A. Claims for failure to pay any amount |
| (1) | Despite section 77, any employee or worker as defined in section 1 of the National Minimum Wage Act, 2018, may refer a dispute to the CCMA concerning the failure to pay any amount owing to that employee or worker in terms of this Act, the National Minimum Wage Act, 2018, a contract of employment, a sectoral determination or a collective agreement. |
| (2) | Subsection (1) does not apply to employees or workers earning in excess of the threshold prescribed by the Minister in terms of section 6(3). |
| (3) | An employee or worker, other than the employee or worker referred to in subsection (1), may institute a claim concerning the failure to pay any amount contemplated in subsection (1) in either the Labour Court, the High Court or, subject to their jurisdiction, the Magistrates’ Court or the small claims court. |
| (4) | The CCMA must appoint a Commissioner in terms of section 135 of the Labour Relations Act, to attempt to resolve by conciliation any dispute that is referred to the CCMA in terms of subsection (1). |
| (5) | The CCMA must commence the arbitration of a dispute contemplated in subsection (1) immediately after certifying that the dispute remains unresolved in terms of section 135(5). |
[Section 73A inserted by section 16 of Notice No. 1302, GG 42059, dated 27 November 2018]
