Calls for ‘rethink’ of labour legislation to make better use of overloaded CCMA
Labour observers see a need for the country’s cash-strapped dispute resolution body to be given more resources to do its work
06 November 2022 - 18:43
Labour experts have come out in support of the department of employment & labour’s calls for the country’s labour legislation to be “redesigned” to allow for the speedy and cost-effective resolution of cases by the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA).
The cash-strapped CCMA — the country’s dispute resolution body — which processes more than 200,000 cases a year involving unfair dismissals, wage disputes and retrenchments, has had its budget of R1bn cut by R99m, with steeper cuts of R170m and R231m pencilled in over the medium term...
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