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Extension of council main agreements

May 6,2020

Jacques van Wyk - Director

By Jacques van Wyk, Director and Thabisa Yantolo, Candidate Attorney

On 4 May 2020 the Minister of Employment and Labour, Thembelani Waltermade Nxesi, published Government Gazettes on the extension of Council Collective Agreements in respect of:

  1.  National Bargaining Council for the Electrical Industry of South Africa; and
  1.  National Textile Bargaining Council.

These agreements have been extended to bind non-parties in the industries during the COVID-19 lockdown.

These agreements can, respectively, be found at:

https://discover.sabinet.co.za/document/GGD162715

https://discover.sabinet.co.za/document/GGD162723