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Labour Relations Act, 1995 (Act No. 66 of 1995)

Codes of Good Practice

Collective Bargaining, Industrial Action and Picketing

Part B : Collective Bargaining

10. Submission of demands and responses

 

(1) A party should submit its demands in writing or in accordance with any agreed negotiation procedure or practice and in good time and well in advance of any established implementation date.

 

(2) The submission should include—
(a) the demand or demandsin a clear and concise form;
(b) an outline of its demands;
(c) any  request for  or response  to  a request for the disclosure of  relevant information made in terms of this Code;
(d) a proposed timetable for the negotiations which should include alternative dates and times for a pre-negotiation meeting; and
(e) the names and details of its appointed negotiators.

 

(3) The party in receipt of a written demand from a trade union should—
(a) acknowledge the receipt in writing;
(b) inform the other party of when it should in accordance with any agreed negotiation procedure or practice respond to the demands or make demands itself; and
(c) agree or propose alternatlve dates and times for the pre-negotiation meeting.

 

(4) A party responding to a demand should submit in writing its response or any demand of its own to the other party and include in its response—
(a) its response in clear and concise form;
(b) any demand it may have of its own;
(c) an outline of its response and demands;
(d) any response or request for disclosure of information made in terms of this Code;
(e) a response to the prroposed timetable for the negotiations; and
(f) the names and details of its appointed negotiators.