Labour Relations Act, 1995 (Act No. 66 of 1995)SchedulesSchedule 2 : Guidelines for Constitution of Workplace Forum3. Distribution of seats to reflect occupational structure |
The formula to determine the distribution of seats in the workplace forum must reflect the occupational structure of the workplace.
Example :
There are 300 employees in a workplace. The occupational structure is as follows :
200 employees are manual employees; 50 are administrative and clerical employees; and 50 are supervisory, managerial and technical employees. The six seats may be distributed as follows—
• | 4 seats for members to be elected from candidates nominated from among the manual employees |
• | 1 seat for members to be elected from candidates nominated from among the administrative and clerical employees |
• | 1 seat for members to be elected from candidates nominated from among the supervisory, managerial and technical employees. |