NAVIGATING THE STORM: WHY CENTRALISED COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IS WORTH SAVING IN 2027
Collective bargaining does not take place in a vacuum; it is woven into the very fabric of our broader socio-economic reality. As we prepare for the 2027 Main Agreement Wage Negotiations, we must confront a sobering truth: South Africa’s manufacturing sector is sliding deeper into crisis. Industrial operations are currently buckling under severe policy uncertainty,…
The Importance of Collective Bargaining
CRITICISM IS NOT A STRATEGY
Fear is a powerful motivator. It attracts attention, shapes perceptions and, if repeated often enough, becomes accepted as fact. Read enough of NEASA’s newsletters and one quickly begins to recognise a familiar pattern. The subject may change, but the conclusion almost never does. Whether the issue is collective bargaining, employment costs, bargaining council agreements or…
SEIFSA INFO NOTE RE MEIBC-MIBFA LEVIES AND CONTRIBUTIONS AS AT 1 JULY 2023
Please find below the updated SEIFSA Info Note for the MEIBC/MIBFA levies and contributions which has been updated to include the latest increases to the Engineering Industries Pension Fund (EIPF) or Metal Industries Provident Fund (MIPF) levy for employers effective 1 July 2023: SEIFSA INFO NOTE MEIBC-MIBFA LEVIES AND CONTRIBUTIONS AS AT 1 JULY 2023
SEIFSA INFO NOTE RE MEIBC-MIBFA LEVIES AND CONTRIBUTIONS AS AT 1 APRIL 2023
Please find below the updated SEIFSA Info Note for the MEIBC/MIBFA levies and contributions which has been updated to include the latest increases to the Admin and Dispute Levies effective 1 April 2023: SEIFSA INFO NOTE MEIBC-MIBFA LEVIES AND CONTRIBUTIONS AS AT 1 APRIL 2023
27 December 2022 declared a public holiday
The President has declared the 27 December a public holiday due to Christmas Day falling on a Sunday. The implications for annual leave, calculation of leave pay (LP) and leave enhancement pay (LEP) is as follows: employees leave entitlement will be extended by one additional day; the 27 December will be a paid public holiday…
FINALLY, MAIN AGREEMENT GAZETTED
On 7 October the Minister of Employment and Labour gazetted the Metal Industry Consolidated Main Agreement thereby making it legally binding on all employers and employees who are subject to the agreement’s scope of application. It becomes legally binding on all non-party employers from Monday 17 October 2022. Finally, Main Agreement Gazetted_2022
New SEIFSA COO calls on govt to create a business-friendly environment
The South African government should focus on implementing a set of policy objectives that make the operating environment in the metals and engineering sector more business-friendly and ensure that the cost of production is lower, industry organisation the Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa’s (Seifsa’s) new COO Tafadzwa Chibanguza suggests “The steel and…
MEIBC – Industry Circular – Accrual of Shifts in Respect of the July Unrest
This circular applies only to employers who are members of the Employer Associations sited assignatories to the SEIFSA Settlement Agreement; Lift Industry Collective Agreement, the PCA (SA)Plastics Industry Collective Agreement and the SAEFA Collective Agreement, namely: ● Association Of Electric Cable Manufacturers’ of South Africa● Constructional Engineering Association● Cape Engineers’ and Founders’ Association● Eastern Cape…